STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2029
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 11, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
        AN ACT to amend the legislative law,  in  relation  to  restrictions  on
          political contributions from lobbyists
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Sections 1-u and 1-v of the legislative law, section 1-v as
     2  relettered by chapter 1 of the laws of 2005, are renumbered sections 1-w
     3  and 1-x and two new sections 1-u and 1-v are added to read as follows:
     4    § 1-u. Restrictions on political contributions by lobbyists. A  lobby-
     5  ist  shall not solicit, make or transmit a contribution or a request for
     6  a contribution from or to any person, including  a  political  committee
     7  for the benefit of a public official or party committee, for election to
     8  any  state  or  municipal corporation office; except that a lobbyist may
     9  make a political contribution up to two hundred fifty dollars per candi-
    10  date per election; provided however, that for state level  public  offi-
    11  cials,  such contribution may only be made between July first and Decem-
    12  ber thirty-first.
    13    § 1-v. Restrictions on acceptance of political contributions by public
    14  officials. A public official shall not  knowingly  accept,  solicit,  or
    15  transmit  a  contribution or a request for a contribution for himself or
    16  herself or any public official, political committee, or  candidate  from
    17  or  on  behalf  of any lobbyist regulated by this article, except that a
    18  public official may accept political contributions from a  lobbyist,  up
    19  to  two  hundred  fifty dollars per election; provided however, that for
    20  state level public officials, such contribution may only be made between
    21  July first and December thirty-first.
    22    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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