What's happening
This bill restricts how party committees use certain funds, prohibiting their use for communications referencing specific candidates or officials.
Why it matters
Closes a major loophole in campaign finance rules. by ensuring that party committees cannot use certain unrestricted funds for communications that mention or depict specific candidates or officials, reducing backdoor support for campaigns.
Requires stricter segregation of funds. , so money raised for general party activity must be kept separate and cannot be easily shifted toward supporting or attacking individual candidates, promoting greater transparency and accountability.
Limits the influence of large, unregulated donations. on candidate races, potentially reducing the sway of wealthy donors over election outcomes by restricting how party committees can use their money.
Could shift how political parties communicate with the public. , encouraging them to focus more on generic party-building activities rather than veiled candidate promotion through party resources.
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Limit Party Committee Spending
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Referred to election law
- Referred to election law
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1006
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. SIMON, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law, as amended by section 1 of part B of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or constituted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and carry on ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of promoting or opposing the candidacy of specific candidates; provided that such monies described in this subdivision shall be deposited in a segregated account and shall not be transferred or contributed, unless such transfer or contribution is to the segregated account of another party committee or constituted committee to be used only for non-candidate expenditures. Provided, further, that such monies may not be used to pay for any political communication that includes or references the name, likeness or voice of any clearly identified candidate or elected official.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00473-01-7
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