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Jan 18, 2011 |
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Senate Bill S2099
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 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
2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง14-102, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S1313
2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires any entity, other than a natural person, which in connection with any election makes contributions or expenditures to or on behalf of more than one candidate, political committee or constituted committee in excess of $2000 in the aggregate per annum, to file a campaign contribution statement with the board of elections.
2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2099 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring certain contributors to file campaign contribution statements PURPOSE: This bill would amend subdivision one of 14-102 of the election law to require that organizations expending more than $2,000 in a year for election campaign purposes file a disclosure statement with the board of elections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would require that any entity, other than a natural person, which makes campaign contributions or campaign expenditures in excess of $2,000 file in a year a disclosure statement with the board of elections. JUSTIFICATION: Corporations, partnerships, unions and political clubs sometimes make major contributions to, and expenditures on behalf of, candidates for office. It is in the best interest of open government
2011-S2099 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2099 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- 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 requiring certain contributors to file campaign contribution statements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 1. The treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer, member or agent of any such committee who, in connection with any election, receives or expends any money or other valuable thing or incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent AND ANY ENTITY OTHER THAN A NATURAL PERSON, WHICH IN CONNECTION WITH ANY ELECTION MAKES CONTRIBUTIONS OR EXPENDITURES TO OR ON BEHALF OF ANY CANDIDATE, POLI- TICAL COMMITTEE OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE IN EXCESS OF TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ANNUM TO MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE shall file statements sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false statements made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by and liabilities of the committee, and of its officers, members and agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market value of any receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other than of money, the name and address of the transferor, contributor or person from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or person is a political committee; the name of and the political unit represented by the commit- tee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount of every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was made or the name of and the political unit represented by the committee to which it was made EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06673-01-1
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