NY State Senate Bill 2015-S2859

Senate Bill S2859

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees

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2015-S2859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5712
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §14-102, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2009-2010: S5545, A8757
2011-2012: S1564, A5919
2013-2014: S2540, A2014
2017-2018: S3055, A8581
2019-2020: S3073
2021-2022: S2111
2023-2024: S1559

2015-S2859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the content of statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to and by political committees; requires such statements to include the occupation of the contributor, and in certain cases such person's employer and business address.

2015-S2859 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S2859

TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to the content of
statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and
expenditures to and by political committees

PURPOSE:

This bill is designed to increase the disclosure of contributor
employment and campaign expenditure information.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. Amends Election Law section 14-102 subdivision 1 to require
that the filing statements of political committees report the
occupation of contributors and transferors, and for people who
contribute two hundred dollars or more, the statements must disclose
the name and address of the person's employer. In addition when an
expenditure is made for more than one purpose or for goods and
services provided by more than one supplier, the statement must
provide the amount expended for each such purpose or to each such
supplier. It also amends subdivision 3 to require that in promulgating
regulations for filing statements the state board draft them to assure
compliance and obtain the most disclosure possible.

Section 2: Provides that the Act takes effect sixty days after it
becomes a law.

EXISTING LAW:

Under the existing law, this employment and itemization of
expenditures is not required.

JUSTIFICATION:

These provisions increase disclosure of important information relative
to the source and expenditure of campaign funds, and brings such
disclosure more closely into alignment with federal law.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2013-2014: S. 2540 - Referred to Elections.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

This bill is effective sixty days after it becomes a law, with
provisions.

2015-S2859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2859

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. ADDABBO, ESPAILLAT, KRUEGER, SAMPSON -- 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 the content  of  state-
  ments  of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures
  to and by political committees

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

  Section  1.    Subdivisions  1 and 3 of section 14-102 of the election
law, as amended by chapter 8 of the  laws  of  1978,  subdivision  1  as
redesignated  by  chapter  9  of  the  laws of 1978 and subdivision 3 as
renumbered by chapter 70 of the laws of 1983, are  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] ITEM
OF VALUE or incurs any liability to pay money or  its  equivalent  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 AND OCCUPATION of the transferor,
contributor  or  person  from  whom  received, OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR
COURSE OF A LENDER'S BUSINESS, AND FOR A NATURAL PERSON CONTRIBUTING TWO
HUNDRED DOLLARS OR MORE, THE NAME AND ADDRESS OF SUCH PERSON'S EMPLOYER,
AND THE BUSINESS ADDRESS OF EACH POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  OR  OTHER  ENTITY
MAKING  SUCH CONTRIBUTION, OR ANY LOAN, GUARANTEE, OR OTHER SECURITY FOR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03444-01-5

S. 2859                             2

SUCH A LOAN 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
and the date thereof, and  shall  state  clearly  the  purpose  of  such
expenditure.   IF ANY ONE EXPENDITURE IS MADE FOR MORE THAN ONE PURPOSE,
OR AS PAYMENT FOR GOODS OR SERVICES SUPPLIED BY MORE THAN ONE  SUPPLIER,
SUCH  STATEMENT SHALL SET FORTH SEPARATELY EACH SUCH PURPOSE OR SUPPLIER
AND THE AMOUNT EXPENDED FOR EACH SUCH PURPOSE OR TO EACH SUCH  SUPPLIER.
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.
  3. The state board of  elections  shall  promulgate  regulations  with
respect  to  the accounting methods to be applied IN COMPLYING WITH, AND
in preparing the statements required by, the provisions of this  article
and  shall provide forms suitable for such statements.  SUCH REGULATIONS
SHALL BE DRAWN TO ASSURE SUCH COMPLIANCE AND OBTAIN THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE
DISCLOSURE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law;  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.

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Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.