A5876-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: referred to election law
• Mar 2, 2011: referred to election law

A5876-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 
                                         5876
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  ASSEMBLY
 March 2, 2011
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, STEVENSON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
 of A. RAIA, THIELE -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
 Election Law
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to contribution limita
 tions
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1.  Paragraphs  a and b of subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of
 the election law, as amended by chapter 659 of the  laws  of  1994,  are
 amended to read as follows:

 a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee, and  no
 candidate  or  political  committee may accept any contribution from any
 contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than:  (i) in  the
 case of any nomination to public office, the product of the total number
 of  enrolled  voters  in  the  candidate's party in the state, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.005, but such amount shall be
 not less than [four] TWO thousand dollars nor  more  than  [twelve]  SIX
 thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjust
 ment  described in paragraph c of this subdivision, and (ii) in the case
 of any election to a public office,  [twenty-five]  NINE  thousand  FIVE
 HUNDRED  dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjust
 ment described in paragraph c of  this  subdivision;  provided  however,
 that  the maximum amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the
 aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother  and
 sister, and the spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case
 of  any  nomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product
 of the number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the  state,
 excluding  voters  in  inactive  status, multiplied by $.025, and in the
 case of any election for a public office, an amount  equivalent  to  the
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00052-01-1
 
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 product of the number of registered voters in the state excluding voters
 in inactive status, multiplied by $.025.
 b.  In  any  other  election  for  party position or for election to a
 public office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor  may
 make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate  or political committee and no
 candidate or political committee may accept any  contribution  from  any
 contributor,  which  is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the
 case of any election for party position, or  for  nomination  to  public
 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi
 date's  party  in  the  district  in  which he is a candidate, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the  case  of
 any  election  for  a  public office, the product of the total number of
 registered voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive  status,
 multiplied  by $.05, however in the case of a nomination within the city
 of New York for the office of mayor,  public  advocate  or  comptroller,
 such  amount shall be not less than [four] TWO thousand dollars nor more
 than [twelve] SIX thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost
 of living adjustment described in paragraph c of  this  subdivision;  in
 the  case  of  an election within the city of New York for the office of
 mayor, public advocate or comptroller, [twenty-five] NINE thousand  FIVE
 HUNDRED  dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjust
 ment described in paragraph c of this subdivision;  in  the  case  of  a
 nomination  for  state senator, [four] SIX thousand dollars as increased
 or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in  paragraph  c
 of this subdivision; in the case of an election for state senator, [six]
 NINE  thousand  [two]  FIVE  hundred  [fifty]  dollars  as  increased or
 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph  c  of
 this  subdivision; in the case of an election or nomination for a member
 of the assembly, [twenty-five] THREE THOUSAND EIGHT hundred  dollars  as
 increased  or  decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in
 paragraph c of this subdivision; but in no event shall any such  maximum
 exceed  [fifty]  NINE  thousand FIVE HUNDRED dollars or be less than one
 thousand dollars; provided however, that the maximum amount which may be
 so contributed or accepted,  in  the  aggregate,  from  any  candidate's
 child,  parent,  grandparent,  brother and sister, and the spouse of any
 such persons, shall not exceed in the case of  any  election  for  party
 position  or  nomination  for  public office an amount equivalent to the
 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in  the  district  in
 which he is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied
 by  $.25  and  in  the  case of any election to public office, an amount
 equivalent to the number of registered voters in the district, excluding
 voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25; or twelve  hundred  fifty
 dollars,  whichever  is  greater,  or  in  the  case  of a nomination or
 election of a state  senator,  twenty  thousand  dollars,  whichever  is
 greater,  or  in the case of a nomination or election of a member of the
 assembly twelve thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but
 in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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