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                                   2556
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law,  in relation to contribution and
   receipt limitations
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 14-114 of the election law, as
 amended by section 3 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of  2020,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates
 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office,
 or for election to any party positions,  and  to  all  contributions  to
 political  committees  working directly or indirectly with any candidate
 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election,  other
 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, partic-
 ipating in the state's public  campaign  financing  system  pursuant  to
 title  two  of this article and no such candidate or political committee
 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre-
 gate amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided equally among
 the primary and general election in an election cycle; provided however,
 that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in  the
 aggregate,  from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and
 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case
 of any nomination to public office an amount equivalent to  the  product
 of  the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state,
 excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by  $.025,  and  in  the
 case  of  any  election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 product of the number of registered voters in the state excluding voters
 in inactive status, multiplied by $.025.
   b.  In  any  [other  election  for party position or for election to a
 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor  may
 make  a contribution to any candidate or political committee] NOMINATION
 OR ELECTION OF A CANDIDATE participating in the state's public  campaign
 financing  system  pursuant  to title two of this article [and], no such
 candidate or political committee may accept any  contribution  from  any
 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than [election for
 party  position,  or for nomination to public office, the product of the
 total number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district
 in which he is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status,  multi-
 plied by $.05, and (ii) in the case of any election for a public office,
 the  product  of  the total number of registered voters in the district,
 excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in  the
 case  of  a  nomination  within  the  city of New York for the office of
 mayor, public advocate or comptroller, such amount  shall  be  not  less
 than  four  thousand  dollars  nor  more than twelve thousand dollars as
 increased or decreased by the cost of  living  adjustment  described  in
 paragraph  c  of this subdivision; in the case of an election within the
 city of New York for the office  of  mayor,  public  advocate  or  comp-
 troller,  twenty-five  thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the
 cost  of  living  adjustment  described   in   paragraph   c   of   this
 subdivision;]:  (I)  in  the  case of a nomination or election for state
 senator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally  among  the  primary  and
 general  election  in  an election cycle; AND (II) in the case of [an] A
 NOMINATION OR election [or nomination] for [a] member of  the  assembly,
 six  thousand  dollars,  divided  equally  among the primary and general
 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount
 which may be so contributed or accepted, in the  aggregate,  from  [any]
 SUCH candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the
 spouse  of  any  such  persons,  shall  not  exceed  in  the case of any
 [election for party position or] nomination for  [public  office]  STATE
 SENATOR  OR MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY an amount equivalent to the number of
 enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he  OR
 SHE  is  a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by
 $.25 and in the case of  any  election  [to  public  office]  FOR  STATE
 SENATOR OR MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, an amount equivalent to the number of
 registered  voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status,
 multiplied by $.25; [or  twelve  hundred  fifty  dollars,  whichever  is
 greater,  or] PROVIDED, HOWEVER, in the case of a nomination or election
 of a state senator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in
 the case of a nomination or election of a member of the assembly  twelve
 thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  whichever is greater, but in no event
 shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
   c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office,  no  contributor
 may  make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate or political committee in
 connection with a candidate who is  not  a  participating  candidate  as
 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and
 no  such  candidate  or  political committee may accept any contribution
 from any contributor, which is in  the  aggregate  amount  greater  than
 eighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general
 election in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount
 which  may  be  so  contributed  or accepted, in the aggregate, from any
 candidate's child, parent, grandparent,  brother  and  sister,  and  the
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 spouse  of  any  such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomi-
 nation to public office an amount  equivalent  to  the  product  of  the
 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud-
 ing  voters  in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case of
 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of
 the number of registered voters in the state, excluding voters in  inac-
 tive status, multiplied by $.025.
   d.  In  any nomination or election of a candidate who is not a partic-
 ipating candidate for  state  senator,  ten  thousand  dollars,  divided
 equally  among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in
 the case of [an election or] A nomination OR ELECTION for [a] member  of
 the  assembly,  six  thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary
 and general election in an election cycle.
   e. IN ANY OTHER ELECTION FOR PARTY  POSITION  OR  FOR  ELECTION  TO  A
 PUBLIC  OFFICE OR FOR NOMINATION FOR ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO CONTRIBUTOR MAY
 MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY  CANDIDATE  OR  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  AND  NO
 CANDIDATE  OR  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE MAY ACCEPT ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANY
 CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN: (I)  IN  THE
 CASE  OF  ANY  ELECTION  FOR PARTY POSITION, OR FOR NOMINATION TO PUBLIC
 OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDI-
 DATE'S PARTY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE OR SHE IS A CANDIDATE,  EXCLUD-
 ING  VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.05, AND (II) IN THE CASE
 OF ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER  OF
 REGISTERED  VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS,
 MULTIPLIED BY $.05, HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF A NOMINATION WITHIN THE  CITY
 OF  NEW  YORK  FOR  THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER,
 SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN
 TWELVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS AS INCREASED OR DECREASED BY THE COST OF LIVING
 ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH F OF THIS SUBDIVISION; IN THE CASE  OF
 AN  ELECTION WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC
 ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS  AS  INCREASED  OR
 DECREASED  BY  THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH F OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION BUT IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY  SUCH  MAXIMUM  EXCEED  FIFTY
 THOUSAND DOLLARS OR BE LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS; PROVIDED HOWEVER,
 THAT  THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN THE
 AGGREGATE, FROM ANY CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER  AND
 SISTER, AND THE SPOUSE OF ANY SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED IN THE CASE
 OF  ANY  ELECTION  FOR PARTY POSITION OR NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC OFFICE AN
 AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS  IN  THE  CANDIDATE'S
 PARTY  IN  THE  DISTRICT  IN  WHICH  HE OR SHE IS A CANDIDATE, EXCLUDING
 VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.25 AND IN  THE  CASE  OF  ANY
 ELECTION  TO PUBLIC OFFICE, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF REGIS-
 TERED VOTERS IN THE  DISTRICT,  EXCLUDING  VOTERS  IN  INACTIVE  STATUS,
 MULTIPLIED BY $.25; OR TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREAT-
 ER,  BUT  IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY SUCH MAXIMUM EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
 DOLLARS.
   F. (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar  year,  commencing  in
 nineteen  hundred  ninety-five,  the  state  board  shall  determine the
 percentage of the difference between the most recent  available  monthly
 consumer  price  index  for  all urban consumers published by the United
 States  bureau  of  labor  statistics  and  such  consumer  price  index
 published  for  the same month four years previously. The amount of each
 contribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be  adjusted  by  the
 amount  of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred dollars
 by the state board which, not later than the first day  of  February  in
 each  such  year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of each
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 such contribution limit. Each contribution limit as so adjusted shall be
 the contribution limit in effect for any election held before  the  next
 such adjustment.
   (2)  Provided,  however,  that  such  adjustments  shall not occur for
 candidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or
 member of the assembly, whether such candidate does or does not  partic-
 ipate in the public finance program established pursuant to title two of
 this article.
   [f.]  G. Notwithstanding any other contribution limit in this section,
 participating candidates as defined in subdivision fourteen  of  section
 14-200-a  of  this article may contribute, out of their own money, three
 times the applicable contribution limit to their own authorized  commit-
 tee.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.