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A06542 Summary:

BILL NOA06542
 
SAME ASSAME AS S02362
 
SPONSORCarroll
 
COSPNSRThiele, Simon, Sillitti
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §14-102, El L
 
Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements for the receipt of amounts over one hundred dollars, including the full name, full residential address including any suite, floor, or apartment, occupation, employer and employer's full business address in the case of an individual, and the full name and address of any partnership, committee, association, corporation, labor organization or group of persons.
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A06542 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6542
 
SPONSOR: Carroll
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements   PURPOSE: This bill would require a political committee to disclose a contribu- tor's occupation, employer, and full name and address along with their employer's full name and business address.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill would amend subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, regarding statements of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers, and expenditures to and by political committees, as amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, to require a political committee to disclose additional information regarding contributors who give more than $99 to a political committee. For individual contributors giving more than $99, the contributor's full residential address, occupation, employer, and employer's full business address would be required. For organizational contributors, their full name and full business address are required. Any statement reporting a loan requires the full business name and address of any commercial or business entity providing the loan or the full name of the person providing the loan including their full residen- tial address, employer, and full business address. Section 2 of the bill establishes the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Opaque campaign fundraising practices are having a corrosive effect on the public's confidence in the integrity of government. Too often, citi- zens feel that their votes are of little consequence compared to wealthy campaign donors. The cumulative impact is a significant threat to the fundamental values of democracy. A fundamental component of campaign finance laws is that campaign committees must disclose the identity of contributors. The rationale is that public awareness of who has contrib- uted may reduce the possibility of elected officials favoring contribu- tors. Requiring that significant contributors disclose their occupations and employer's information is necessary to ensure that contributors are adequately identified and to provide the public with additional informa- tion that may be useful in assessing where a contributor's interests may lie and whether an elected official might favor that contributor.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2013-2014: S941/No Same as 2015-2016: S1360/A7321 Pichardo 2017-2018: S1218/A5898 Pichardo 2019-2020: S492/A2028 Pichardo 2021-2022: S2546 Rivera   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: None.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect on the first of December succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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A06542 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6542
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 14, 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  requiring  additional
          transferor  and  contributor  identification  information  in campaign
          receipt and expenditure statements

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 14-102 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by  chapter
     3  9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  The  treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
     5  member or agent of any  such  committee  who,  in  connection  with  any
     6  election,  receives  or  expends  any  money  or other valuable thing or
     7  incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent  shall  file  state-
     8  ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
     9  ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
    10  section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
    11  setting forth all the receipts, contributions to and the expenditures by
    12  and  liabilities  of  the  committee,  and  of its officers, members and
    13  agents in its behalf. Such statements shall include the dollar amount of
    14  any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market value  of  any
    15  receipt,  contribution  or  transfer,  which is other than of money, the
    16  name [and], address and other identification of the transferor, contrib-
    17  utor or person from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or
    18  person is a political committee; the name  of  and  the  political  unit
    19  represented by the committee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount
    20  of  every expenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was
    21  made or the name of and the political unit represented by the  committee
    22  to  which  it was made and the date thereof, and shall state clearly the
    23  purpose of such expenditure.  The requirement to include other identifi-
    24  cation shall apply only with respect to a transfer or contribution  from
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01777-02-3

        A. 6542                             2
 
     1  any  one transferor or contributor which either results in the aggregate
     2  transfers or contributions  from  that  one  transferor  or  contributor
     3  exceeding  the  sum  of ninety-nine dollars or is a transfer or contrib-
     4  ution  which  occurs after such ninety-nine dollar threshold is reached.
     5  The other identification required with respect to an individual transfe-
     6  ror or contributor shall be his  or  her  full  name,  full  residential
     7  address,  including any suite, floor, or apartment, occupation, employer
     8  and employer's full business address, including  any  suite,  floor,  or
     9  apartment number.  The other identification required with respect to any
    10  partnership,  committee, association, corporation, labor organization or
    11  other organization or group of persons shall be its full name  and  full
    12  business  address,  including any suite, floor, or apartment number. Any
    13  statement reporting a loan shall have attached  to  it  a  copy  of  the
    14  evidence  of  indebtedness, and shall include the full business name and
    15  address, including any suite, floor, or apartment number of any  commer-
    16  cial  or  business  entity  providing  the loan, or the full name of any
    17  person providing  the  loan,  including  his  or  her  full  residential
    18  address,  including  any  suite,  floor or apartment number, occupation,
    19  employer and employer's full  business  address,  including  any  suite,
    20  floor,  and  apartment number.  Expenditures in sums under fifty dollars
    21  need not be specifically accounted for by separate items in said  state-
    22  ments,  and receipts and contributions aggregating not more than ninety-
    23  nine  dollars,  from  any  one  contributor  need  not  be  specifically
    24  accounted  for  by  separate items in said statements, provided however,
    25  that such expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be  subject  to
    26  the other provisions of section 14-118 of this article.
    27    § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
    28  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
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