Prohibits certain state and prospective state contractors to contribute to the campaigns and committees of statewide officials, including any candidate for governor, attorney general and comptroller, for a period of time; requires written notice of prohibitions.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6585
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 12, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign contributions
by state and prospective state contractors
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-117
2 to read as follows:
3 § 14-117. Political contributions to statewide officials. 1. (a) No
4 campaign contributions shall be made to any candidate for governor or
5 any committee of such candidate, nor shall any campaign contributions be
6 accepted by any candidate for governor or committee of such candidate,
7 from any individual, corporation, limited liability corporation, joint
8 stock association, partnership, union, or any other entity, or any offi-
9 cer, director, majority shareholder, manager, attorney or lobbyist ther-
10 eof, at any time within the thirty-six month period preceding and subse-
11 quent to the entering into or seeking of any contract, grant or other
12 financial agreement with any agency or department of the state or with
13 any public authority, public benefit corporation, or any other entity,
14 whose management includes any members appointed by the governor.
15 (b) No campaign contributions shall be made to any candidate for
16 attorney general or any committee of such candidate, nor shall any
17 campaign contributions be accepted by any candidate for attorney general
18 or any committee of such candidate, from any individual, corporation,
19 limited liability corporation, joint stock association, partnership,
20 union, or any other entity, or any officer, director, majority share-
21 holder, manager, attorney, or lobbyist thereof, (i) at any time within
22 the thirty-six month period preceding and/or subsequent to the entering
23 into or seeking of any contract, grant or other agreement that is draft-
24 ed, reviewed, approved, or enforced by the office of the attorney gener-
25 al, or (ii) that is licensed or is regulated by any agency or department
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 of the state, public authority, public benefit corporation, or any other
2 entity, where such license or regulation is drafted, reviewed, approved,
3 or enforced by the office of the attorney general.
4 (c) No campaign contributions can be made to any candidate for comp-
5 troller or any committee of such candidate, nor shall any campaign
6 contributions be accepted by a candidate for comptroller or any commit-
7 tee of such candidate, from any individual, corporation, limited liabil-
8 ity corporation, joint stock association, partnership, union, or any
9 other entity, and any officer, director, majority shareholder, manager,
10 attorney, or lobbyist thereof, that has a contract or a grant or any
11 other agreement (i) that is reviewed, approved, or subject to audit by
12 the office of the comptroller, or any individual, corporation, limited
13 liability corporation, joint stock association, partnership, union, or
14 (ii) with any other entity, or any officer, director, majority share-
15 holder, manager, attorney, or lobbyist thereof, in which the comptroller
16 has invested any funds from the state pension system.
17 2. The applicable governmental agency shall make available to any
18 individual or entity subject to the restrictions set forth in this
19 section a written notice, in the contract and solicitation for procure-
20 ment, if applicable, advising such individual or entity of the contrib-
21 ution prohibitions contained in this section. The notice shall inform
22 the individual or entity that if any such contribution is made, the
23 applicable governmental agency may void the contract and no other agency
24 will have the right to award such individual or entity any contract or
25 modification or extension to any contract, as applicable, for a period
26 of one year following the election for which such contribution has been
27 made. Notwithstanding anything contained herein, no violation of the
28 prohibitions contained in this section shall be deemed to have occurred
29 if the improper contribution is returned to the individual or entity
30 making the contribution by the earlier of thirty days after the recipi-
31 ent receives the contribution or the filing date that corresponds with
32 the reporting period in which the contribution was made.
33 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
