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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to election law |
Feb 16, 2017 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A5829
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
BYRNE
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Edward Ra
Angelo J. Morinello
multi-Sponsors
Brian D. Miller
Melissa Miller
2017-A5829 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-A5829 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5829 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 16, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BYRNE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law 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. § 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. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02325-01-7
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