STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 3697 A. 5486 2019-2020 Regular Sessions SENATE - ASSEMBLY February 12, 2019 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, ADDABBO, BRESLIN, COMRIE, HOYLMAN, KAMINSKY, KRUEGER, LIU, METZGER, RAMOS, SERRANO, THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to campaign funds for use at a business owned by a candidate or the candidate's family The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-133 2 to read as follows: 3 § 14-133. Campaign funds for use at a business owned by a candidate or 4 the candidate's family. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 14-130 of this article, contributions received by a candidate shall not 6 be expended for goods or services provided by an entity in which the 7 candidate and/or one or more members of the candidate's family collec- 8 tively hold a thirty-five percent or greater ownership or beneficial 9 interest or, in the case of a partnership or professional corporation, a 10 direct or indirect ownership interest in excess of five percent. 11 2. For purposes of this section, the term "candidate's family" shall 12 mean a person whose relationship to the candidate is within two degrees 13 of consanguinity or affinity. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07289-01-9