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A00817 Summary:
BILL NO | A00817 |
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SAME AS | No Same As |
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SPONSOR | Carroll |
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Add §14-134, El L | |
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Prohibits candidates from soliciting contributions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution or donation to such candidate; provides that any candidate who does so may be liable for treble damages. |
A00817 Actions:
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01/11/2023 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2024 | referred to election law |
A00817 Committee Votes:
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There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
Go to topA00817 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 817 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting candidates from pre-marking contribution materials to ensure recurring payments 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 14-134 2 to read as follows: 3 § 14-134. Recurring contributions. No candidate shall solicit contrib- 4 utions or donations from any contributor or donor using any material or 5 medium pre-marking that such voter shall make a recurring contribution 6 or donation to such candidate. Any candidate soliciting a recurring 7 contribution shall receive the affirmative consent of the contributor or 8 donor at the arrangement of the recurring contribution or donation. 9 Passive action by the contributor or donor, such as failing to uncheck a 10 pre-checked box authorizing a recurring contribution, shall not meet the 11 requirement of affirmative consent under this section. A candidate shall 12 immediately cancel recurring contributions or donations upon request of 13 the voter. Any candidate who violates the provisions of this section may 14 be liable for treble damages in addition to any penalty imposed on such 15 candidate. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01098-01-3