Assembly Actions -
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Mar 10, 2010 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7061
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7061 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-S7061 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7061 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to contribution limitations PURPOSE : To reduce campaign contribution limits for candidates for election to a party position or public office or for nomination to public office to $2,400 per election. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : The bill would set campaign contribution limits for candidates for election to any party position or public office or for nomination to any public office at $2,400 per election (or a total of $4,800 for a primary and general election cycle). It would eliminate distinctions between statewide candidates, candidates for Assembly or Senate, or other candidates contributions to whom currently are subject to different limits depending on the office sought. It would also eliminate separate limits that currently apply to family members of candidates. JUSTIFICATION : It is widely believed that our campaign finance laws need substantial changes to ensure the integrity of elections in our state. This bill
2009-S7061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7061 I N S E N A T E March 10, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution limita- tions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, paragraphs a and b as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 1. [The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office, or for election to any party positions, and to all contributions to political committees working directly or indirectly with any candidate to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election, other than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee: a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of the entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, and no candidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the case of any nomination to public office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.005, but such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars nor more than twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision, and (ii) in the case of any election to a public office, twenty-five thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of this subdivision; provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomi- nation to public office an amount equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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