Senate Bill S6775

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to campaign finance reform and campaign contribution limits and penalties

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6775 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-100, 14-102, 14-106, 14-124, 14-126, add §14-107, El L

2013-S6775 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to campaign finance reform and campaign contribution limits and penalties.

2013-S6775 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6775 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6775

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 7, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- read twice and ordered printed, and
  when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign finance reform
  and in relation to campaign  contribution  limits  and  penalties  for
  violations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law  is  amended  by  adding
four new subdivisions 12, 13, 14 and 15 to read as follows:
  12. "CLEARLY IDENTIFIED CANDIDATE" MEANS THAT:
  (A) THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE INVOLVED APPEARS;
  (B) A PHOTOGRAPH OR DRAWING OF THE CANDIDATE APPEARS; OR
  (C)  THE  IDENTITY  OF THE CANDIDATE IS APPARENT BY UNAMBIGUOUS REFER-
ENCE.
  13. "GENERAL PUBLIC AUDIENCE" MEANS AN AUDIENCE COMPOSED OF MEMBERS OF
THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING A TARGETED SUBGROUP  OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  PUBLIC;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  IT  DOES  NOT  MEAN AN AUDIENCE SOLELY COMPRISED OF
MEMBERS, RETIREES AND STAFF OF A LABOR ORGANIZATION OR  THEIR  IMMEDIATE
FAMILY  MEMBERS OR AN AUDIENCE SOLELY COMPRISED OF EMPLOYEES OF A CORPO-
RATION, UNINCORPORATED BUSINESS ENTITY OR MEMBERS OF A  BUSINESS,  TRADE
OR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION OR ORGANIZATION.
  14.  "LABOR  ORGANIZATION"  MEANS  ANY  ORGANIZATION OF ANY KIND WHICH
EXISTS FOR THE PURPOSE, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OF  REPRESENTING  EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYED  WITHIN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW  YORK IN DEALING WITH EMPLOYERS OR
EMPLOYER ORGANIZATIONS OR WITH A STATE GOVERNMENT, OR ANY  POLITICAL  OR
CIVIL  SUBDIVISION  OR OTHER AGENCY THEREOF, CONCERNING TERMS AND CONDI-
TIONS OF EMPLOYMENT, GRIEVANCES, LABOR DISPUTES, OR OTHER MATTERS  INCI-
DENTAL TO THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE,
EACH  LOCAL,  PARENT  NATIONAL OR PARENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF A
STATEWIDE LABOR ORGANIZATION, AND EACH  STATEWIDE  FEDERATION  RECEIVING
DUES FROM SUBSIDIARY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, SHALL BE CONSIDERED A SEPARATE
LABOR ORGANIZATION.
  15.  "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
POLITICAL COMMITTEE, LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER  ENTITY  WHICH,  OTHER

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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