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                                 144--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH, MONTESANO, PAULIN -- Multi-Sponsored by
  --  M. of A.  McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on
  Election Law -- recommitted  to  the  Committee  on  Election  Law  in
  accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution activities
  by an intermediary

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-105
to read as follows:
  S 14-105.  CONTRIBUTION DELIVERY ACTIVITIES BY AN INTERMEDIARY. 1. FOR
PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION  "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPO-
RATION, PARTNERSHIP, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER
ENTITY WHICH:
  (A) OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY
OR MESSENGER SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER  PERSON  OR
ENTITY TO A CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE; OR
  (B)  SOLICITS CONTRIBUTIONS TO A CANDIDATE OR OTHER AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
TEE WHERE SUCH SOLICITATION IS KNOWN TO SUCH CANDIDATE  OR  HIS  OR  HER
AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE.  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, ONLY PERSONS
CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS THE SOLICITOR OF A CONTRIBUTION TO  THE  CANDIDATE
OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE KNOWN TO SUCH
CANDIDATE  OR  HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE. "INTERMEDIARY" SHALL NOT
INCLUDE SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS OF THE
PERSON MAKING SUCH CONTRIBUTION, OR  ANY  PAID  OR  VOLUNTEER  FULL-TIME
CAMPAIGN  WORKERS OR COMMERCIAL FUNDRAISING FIRMS RETAINED BY THE CANDI-
DATE AND THE AGENTS THEREOF.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03034-03-4
              

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  2. WHEN CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ARE DELIV-
ERED BY THE INTERMEDIARY TO THE RECIPIENT CANDIDATE,  AUTHORIZED  CANDI-
DATE  COMMITTEE  OR  PARTY COMMITTEE, THE INTERMEDIARY SHALL INDICATE IN
WRITING TO THE RECIPIENT CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED  CANDIDATE  COMMITTEE  OR
PARTY COMMITTEE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  (A)  THE  NAME, MAILING ADDRESS AND OCCUPATION OF EACH CONTRIBUTOR WHO
MAKES A CONTRIBUTION OVER NINETY-NINE DOLLARS, AND THE  AMOUNT  OF  EACH
CONTRIBUTION,  AND FOR EACH CONTRIBUTION OF TWO HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE,
THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH CONTRIBUTOR'S EMPLOYER;
  (B) THE TOTAL AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS OF NINETY-NINE DOLLARS
OR LESS; AND
  (C) THE DATE THE CONTRIBUTION WAS RECEIVED BY THE INTERMEDIARY AND THE
DATE THE  CONTRIBUTIONS  WERE  DELIVERED  TO  THE  RECIPIENT  CANDIDATE,
AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY COMMITTEE.
  3.  THE  RECIPIENT  CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED CANDIDATE COMMITTEE OR PARTY
COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE  INTERMEDIARY
WHO  DELIVERS CONTRIBUTIONS TOTALING ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ON THE
STATEMENTS REQUIRED BY THIS ARTICLE.
  4. THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE A SECTION  FOR  INTERME-
DIARY REPORTING AS REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE:
  (A) THE NAME, MAILING ADDRESS, OCCUPATION AND EMPLOYER OF THE INTERME-
DIARY; AND
  (B) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTRIBUTIONS DELIVERED BY THE INTERMEDIARY TO
THE  CANDIDATE,  THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OR A PARTY COMMIT-
TEE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.   Provided,  however,
that  contributions legally received prior to the effective date of this
act may be retained and expended  for  lawful  purposes  and  shall  not
provide  the basis for a violation of article 14 of the election law, as
amended by this act; and provided, further,  that  the  state  board  of
elections  shall  notify  all candidates and political committees of the
applicable provisions of this act within  thirty  days  after  this  act
shall have become a law.