Assembly Bill A53

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of campaign funds for any settlement fees, fines or penalties for sexual harassment civil or criminal actions

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A53 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S741
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-130, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A7834, S4311
2023-2024: A4734, S4368

2021-A53 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay any settlement fees, fines or penalties for sexual harassment civil or criminal actions.

2021-A53 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    53
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  use  of  campaign
   funds  to  pay  any  settlement  fees,  fines  or penalties for sexual
   harassment civil or criminal actions

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Paragraphs (x) and (xi) of subdivision 3 of section 14-130
 of  the  election  law,  paragraph  (x) as amended and paragraph (xi) as
 added by chapter 136 of the laws of 2019, are amended and  a  new  para-
 graph (xii) is added to read as follows:
   (x)  travel  expenses including automobile purchases or leases, unless
 used for campaign purposes or in connection with the  execution  of  the
 duties  of  public  office  or  party position and usage of such vehicle
 which is incidental to such purposes or the execution  of  such  duties;
 [and]
   (xi)  childcare expenses, other than expenses incurred in the campaign
 or in the execution of the duties of public office or party position[.];
 AND
   (XII) PAYMENT OF ANY SETTLEMENT  FEES,  FINES  OR  PENALTIES  ASSESSED
 AGAINST  THE  CANDIDATE  IN  CONNECTION WITH A CRIMINAL OR CIVIL ACTION,
 INVESTIGATION, OR PROSECUTION INVOLVING ALLEGATIONS  OF  SEXUAL  HARASS-
 MENT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01688-01-1

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