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                                 846--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  RIVERA,  ADDABBO,  ESPAILLAT,  GIANARIS, KENNEDY,
  SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and
  when  printed  to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- recom-
  mitted to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign contributions
  by intermediaries

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

  Section  1.  Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
  15. "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION,  PARTNERSHIP,
POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  LABOR  ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER ENTITY WHICH, OTHER
THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY, OR MESSEN-
GER SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY  TO
A CANDIDATE OR AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
  "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  SPOUSES,  PARENTS,  CHILDREN,  OR
SIBLINGS OF THE PERSON MAKING SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law,  as  amended
by  chapter  8  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 shall file state-
ments sworn, or subscribed and bearing a form notice that  false  state-
ments  made  therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor pursuant to
section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this  [arti-
cle]  TITLE  setting  forth  all  the receipts, contributions to and the

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

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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,
INTERMEDIARY,  or  person  from  whom  received,  and if the transferor,
contributor, INTERMEDIARY, or person is a political committee; the  name
of  and the political unit represented by the committee, 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 and the date thereof,
and shall state clearly the purpose of such expenditure. AN INTERMEDIARY
NEED NOT BE REPORTED FOR  A  CONTRIBUTION  THAT  WAS  COLLECTED  FROM  A
CONTRIBUTOR  IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTY OR OTHER CANDIDATE-RELATED EVENT
HELD AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE PERSON DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION,  UNLESS
THE  EXPENSES  OF SUCH EVENT AT SUCH RESIDENCE FOR SUCH CANDIDATE EXCEED
FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR THE AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED  FROM  THAT
CONTRIBUTOR  AT  SUCH  EVENT  EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS. Any statement
reporting a loan shall have attached to it a copy  of  the  evidence  of
indebtedness.  Expenditures  in  sums  under  fifty  dollars need not be
specifically accounted for by separate items  in  said  statements,  and
receipts   and  contributions  aggregating  not  more  than  ninety-nine
dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically accounted for
by separate items  in  said  statements,  provided  however,  that  such
expenditures,  receipts  and contributions shall be subject to the other
provisions of section 14-118 of this [article] TITLE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect June 1, 2016.