New York A 1757: Relates to political contribution activities by an intermediary

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A01757 Summary:

BILL NOA01757 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00076

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SPONSORRozic

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §14-100, add §14-134, El L

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Regulates political contribution activities by intermediaries; requires disclosure of certain identifying information when certain contributions are made by an intermediary to a candidate or a committee.

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BILL NOA01757 

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01/14/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1757

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. ROZIC -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to contribution activities
 by an intermediary

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Campaign
 2 finance intermediary disclosure act".
 3 § 2. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding three new
 4 subdivisions 1-a, 18 and 18-a to read as follows:
 5 1-a. "authorized committee" means any political committee designated
 6 by a candidate to receive contributions authorized by this article or to
 7 aid such candidate or otherwise take part in elections on such candi-
 8 date's behalf.
 9 18. "intermediary" means an individual, corporation, partnership,
 10 political committee, employee organization or other entity which:
 11 (a) other than in the regular course of business as a postal, delivery
 12 or messenger service, delivers any contribution from another person or
 13 entity to a candidate, authorized committee or party committee; or
 14 (b) solicits contributions to a candidate, authorized committee or
 15 party committee where such solicitation is known to such candidate,
 16 authorized committee or party committee. For purposes of this paragraph,
 17 only persons clearly identified as the solicitor of a contribution to
 18 the candidate, authorized committee or party committee shall be presumed
 19 to be known to such candidate, authorized committee or party committee.
 20 18-a. "intermediary" shall not include spouses, domestic partners,
 21 parents, children or siblings of the person making such contribution, or
 22 any employee or full-time volunteer campaign worker or commercial
 23 fundraising firm retained by the candidate or the agents thereof.
 24 § 3. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-134 to
 25 read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00287-01-5

 A. 1757 2

 1 § 14-134. Intermediaries. 1. Reports by intermediaries. For each
 2 contribution delivered by an intermediary, such intermediary shall indi-
 3 cate to the recipient candidate, authorized committee or party committee
 4 the name and mailing address of the contributor, amount of the contrib-
 5 ution, and the date the contribution was received by the intermediary.
 6 2. Reports by recipient candidates, authorized committees or party
 7 committees. Any candidate, authorized committee or party committee shall
 8 report to the state board of elections any intermediary who delivers or
 9 solicits contributions that in the aggregate equal or exceed five
 10 hundred dollars. Such report shall include the name, mailing address,
 11 occupation, employer and employer's address of such intermediary, which
 12 contributions required to be itemized under section 14-102 of this arti-
 13 cle the intermediary delivered or solicited, and the total monetary
 14 value of contributions delivered or solicited by such intermediary.
 15 3. Contributions delivered by an intermediary to a candidate, author-
 16 ized committee or party committee in accordance with this section shall
 17 be deemed to be contributions from the contributor only and shall not be
 18 deemed to be contributions from the intermediary.
 19 § 4. This act shall take effect January 14, 2027, provided that
 20 section three of this act shall apply to