NY State Senate Bill 2015-S2200

Senate Bill S2200

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to party committee and constituted committee contribution and receipt limits; repealer

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2015-S2200 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §14-114, rpld §14-124 sub 3, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S784
2019-2020: S3535

2015-S2200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to party committee and constituted committee contribution and receipt limits.

2015-S2200 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2200

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the election law, in relation to party
committee and constituted committee contribution and receipt limits;
and to repeal subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law
relating thereto

PURPOSE:

To repeal the exemption from contribution limits to political party
"housekeeping" accounts and to reduce the amount that can be
contributed annually to a political party.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends paragraph a of subdivision 10 of section 14-114 of
the election law to reduce the annual contribution limits to political
parties or constituted committees from $62,500 to $25,000, which shall
include contributions to party housekeeping accounts.

Section 2. Repeals subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election
law, which provides an exemption from contribution limits on monies
received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted
committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and carry on
ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of promoting
the candidacy of specific candidates, aka "housekeeping" accounts.

Section 3. Effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

The exemption from contribution limits that exists for political party
housekeeping accounts is a glaring loophole in the state's campaign
finance laws. What's more, New York's contribution limits are some of
the highest in the country and are long overdue for reform. By closing
a glaring loophole in our campaign finance laws and greatly reducing
contribution limits we can limit the effect that big money has on our
political system so that the voices of the citizens of the state can
be heard.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to state.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This act shall take effect immediately.

2015-S2200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2200

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 21, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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  party  committee  and
  constituted  committee  contribution and receipt limits; and to repeal
  subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law relating thereto

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph  a  of  subdivision 10 of section 14-114 of the
election law, as added by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended  to
read as follows:
  a.  No  contributor  may make a contribution to a party or constituted
committee and no such committee  may  accept  a  contribution  from  any
contributor  which,  in the aggregate, is greater than [sixty-two] TWEN-
TY-FIVE thousand [five hundred] dollars per annum, WHICH  SHALL  INCLUDE
ALL  MONIES  RECEIVED  FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAINTAINING A PERMANENT HEAD-
QUARTERS AND STAFF AND FOR CARRYING ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES WHICH ARE NOT
FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROMOTING THE CANDIDACY  OF  SPECIFIC  CANDI-
DATES.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law is REPEALED.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03504-01-5

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