Bill Text: NY S09558 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to contribution and receipt limitations applicable to candidates for election to any public office.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-09-16 - REFERRED TO RULES [S09558 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S09558-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9558 IN SENATE September 16, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution and receipt limitations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law, as 2 amended by section 3 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 1. The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates 5 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office, 6 or for election to any party positions, and to all contributions to 7 political committees working directly or indirectly with any candidate 8 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election, other 9 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee: 10 a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of 11 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor 12 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, partic- 13 ipating in the state's public campaign financing system pursuant to 14 title two of this article and no such candidate or political committee 15 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre- 16 gate amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided equally among 17 the primary and general election in an election cycle; provided however, 18 that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the 19 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and 20 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case 21 of any nomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product 22 of the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, 23 excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the 24 case of any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the 25 product of the number of registered voters in the state excluding voters 26 in inactive status, multiplied by $.025. 27 b. In any [other election for party position or for election to a28public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor mayEXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10319-02-1S. 9558 2 1make a contribution to any candidate or political committee] nomination 2 or election of a candidate participating in the state's public campaign 3 financing system pursuant to title two of this article [and], no such 4 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 5 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than [election for6party position, or for nomination to public office, the product of the7total number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district8in which he is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multi-9plied by $.05, and (ii) in the case of any election for a public office,10the product of the total number of registered voters in the district,11excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in the12case of a nomination within the city of New York for the office of13mayor, public advocate or comptroller, such amount shall be not less14than four thousand dollars nor more than twelve thousand dollars as15increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in16paragraph c of this subdivision; in the case of an election within the17city of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or comp-18troller, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the19cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of this20subdivision;]: (i) in the case of a nomination or election for state 21 senator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and 22 general election in an election cycle; and (ii) in the case of [an] a 23 nomination or election [or nomination] for [a] member of the assembly, 24 six thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general 25 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount 26 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from [any] 27 such candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the 28 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any 29 [election for party position or] nomination for [public office] state 30 senator or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of 31 enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or 32 she is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by 33 $.25 and in the case of any election [to public office] for state 34 senator or member of the assembly, an amount equivalent to the number of 35 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 36 multiplied by $.25; [or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is37greater, or] provided, however, in the case of a nomination or election 38 of a state senator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in 39 the case of a nomination or election of a member of the assembly twelve 40 thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but in no event 41 shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars. 42 c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of 43 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor 44 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee in 45 connection with a candidate who is not a participating candidate as 46 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and 47 no such candidate or political committee may accept any contribution 48 from any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than 49 eighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general 50 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount 51 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from any 52 candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the 53 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomi- 54 nation to public office an amount equivalent to the product of the 55 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud- 56 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case ofS. 9558 3 1 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of 2 the number of registered voters in the state, excluding voters in inac- 3 tive status, multiplied by $.025. 4 d. In any nomination or election of a candidate who is not a partic- 5 ipating candidate for state senator, ten thousand dollars, divided 6 equally among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in 7 the case of [an election or] a nomination or election for [a] member of 8 the assembly, six thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary 9 and general election in an election cycle. 10 e. In any other election for party position or for election to a 11 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may 12 make a contribution to any candidate or political committee and no 13 candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any 14 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the 15 case of any election for party position, or for nomination to public 16 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi- 17 date's party in the district in which he or she is a candidate, exclud- 18 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the case 19 of any election for a public office, the product of the total number of 20 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 21 multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination within the city 22 of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or comptroller, 23 such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars nor more than 24 twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living 25 adjustment described in paragraph f of this subdivision; in the case of 26 an election within the city of New York for the office of mayor, public 27 advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or 28 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph f of 29 this subdivision but in no event shall any such maximum exceed fifty 30 thousand dollars or be less than one thousand dollars; provided however, 31 that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the 32 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and 33 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case 34 of any election for party position or nomination for public office an 35 amount equivalent to the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's 36 party in the district in which he or she is a candidate, excluding 37 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and in the case of any 38 election to public office, an amount equivalent to the number of regis- 39 tered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status, 40 multiplied by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty dollars, whichever is great- 41 er, but in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand 42 dollars. 43 f. (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in 44 nineteen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the 45 percentage of the difference between the most recent available monthly 46 consumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United 47 States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price index 48 published for the same month four years previously. The amount of each 49 contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be adjusted by the 50 amount of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred dollars 51 by the state board which, not later than the first day of February in 52 each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of each 53 such contribution limit. Each contribution limit as so adjusted shall be 54 the contribution limit in effect for any election held before the next 55 such adjustment.S. 9558 4 1 (2) Provided, however, that such adjustments shall not occur for 2 candidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or 3 member of the assembly, whether such candidate does or does not partic- 4 ipate in the public finance program established pursuant to title two of 5 this article. 6 [f.] g. Notwithstanding any other contribution limit in this section, 7 participating candidates as defined in subdivision fourteen of section 8 14-200-a of this article may contribute, out of their own money, three 9 times the applicable contribution limit to their own authorized commit- 10 tee. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same 12 manner as section 3 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, takes 13 effect.