Assembly Bill A4734

2023-2024 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
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4734 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4368
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
2021-2022: A53, S741

2023-A4734 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-A4734 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4734
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- 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.
                                                            LBD07917-01-3

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