Prohibits any person acting on behalf of any campaign for election to any position to give, offer or promise to give anything of value to any person within 24 hours prior to the opening of the polls for the election to such position; a violation of such provisions shall constitute a class A misdemeanor; such provisions shall not apply to campaign literature.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4674
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. P. RIVERA, J. RIVERA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the furnishing of
gratuities immediately prior to an election
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 17-138
2 to read as follows:
3 § 17-138. Furnishing gratuities prior to an election. 1. No person,
4 candidate, political party or committee acting on behalf of any campaign
5 for election to any public office or party position shall, within twen-
6 ty-four hours prior to the opening of the polls for the election to such
7 public office or party position, give, offer to give or promise to give
8 any thing of value to another person.
9 2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall not apply
10 to the distribution of pamphlets, circulars, flyers, brochures, letter-
11 heads or other printed material on behalf of any candidate.
12 3. Any person who violates the provisions of subdivision one of this
13 section shall be guilty of a class A misdemeanor.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
15 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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