Senate Bill S7381

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to penalties for unlawful campaign contributions to county or town committees

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S7381 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-126, El L; amd §470.00, Pen L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S2097

2015-S7381 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that any person, acting on behalf of a public officer, candidate or political committee, who solicits a contribution to a county or town committee for the benefit of a candidate to whom such direct contribution is unlawful, shall be guilty of a class D felony.

2015-S7381 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7381 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7381

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 22, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. MURPHY, SERINO, CROCI, FUNKE, AKSHAR -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law and  the  penal  law,  in  relation  to
  penalties  for  unlawful  campaign  contributions  to  county  or town
  committees

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

  Section  1.  Section 14-126 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. ANY PERSON, ACTING ON BEHALF OF A PUBLIC OFFICER, CANDIDATE OR  ANY
AUTHORIZED  OR UNAUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE, WHO SOLICITS A CONTRIB-
UTION TO A COUNTY OR TOWN COMMITTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF  A  CANDIDATE  TO
WHOM  A  DIRECT CONTRIBUTION OF SUCH AMOUNT IS UNLAWFUL, SHALL BE GUILTY
OF A CLASS D FELONY.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 470.00 of the penal law, as  amended  by
chapter 489 of the laws of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  3.  "Transaction"  includes  a  payment, purchase, sale, loan, pledge,
gift, transfer, or delivery, and with respect to a financial institution
includes a deposit, withdrawal, transfer between accounts,  exchange  of
currency,  loan,  extension  of  credit,  purchase or sale of any stock,
bond, certificate of deposit, or other monetary  instrument,  use  of  a
safe  deposit  box,  or  any  other  payment,  transfer, or delivery by,
through, or to a financial institution, by whatever means  effected,  OR
ANY  ACT  PROHIBITED  BY SECTION 14-126 OF THE ELECTION LAW, except that
"transaction"  shall  not  include  payments  to  attorneys  for   legal
services.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15116-03-6

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