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                                    488
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 9, 2019
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 Introduced  by Sens. RIVERA, ADDABBO, GIANARIS, KENNEDY, SERRANO, STAVI-
   SKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be  commit-
   ted to the Committee on Elections
 
 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 18 to read as follows:
   18. "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.
   § 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 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 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 sepa-
 rate items in said statements, and receipts and contributions  aggregat-
 ing 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 arti-
 cle.
   §  3.    This  act  shall  take effect January 12, 2020, provided that
 section one of this act shall apply to any contribution received  on  or
 after  such  effective  date;  and  provided further, 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  effective  immediately  the  state  board  of
 elections is authorized and directed to promulgate any  rules  necessary
 to  implement the provisions of this act on its effective date and shall
 notify  all  candidates  and  political  committees  of  the  applicable
 provisions of this act on or before such effective date.