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- Advanced to third reading
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Requires the filing of additional transferor and contributor identification information in campaign receipt and expenditure statements
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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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 contributor's occupation, employer and full name and address.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would amend section 14-102 of the Election Law and would require a political committee to disclose a contributor's occupation, employer and full name and address, if the contributor gave more than ninety-nine dollars.
Effects of present law which this bill would alter
This bill would supplement the existing requirement that contributors' identities be disclosed.
Justification
Campaign fund raising practices are having a corrosive effect on the public's confidence in the integrity of government. Too often, citizens feel that their individual votes are of little consequence. 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 contributed may reduce the possibility of elected officials favoring contributors. Requiring that significant contributors disclose their occupations and employers is necessary to make the public aware of where a contributor's real interests may lie--and, how an elected official might favor that contributor. The additional identification information required by the bill is the same as is required under federal law.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act takes effect on the first of December next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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