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N.Y. Elec. Law § 14-107-a

Prohibited spending by independent expenditure committees and political action committees

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Matter of Lauder v. Pellegrino (2017)

Most recently applied in Matter of Lauder v. Pellegrino (August 2017)

2016-09-30

§ 14-107-a. Prohibited spending by independent expenditure committees\nand political action committees. 1. An independent expenditure committee\nshall not contribute to any candidate, constituted committee, political\ncommittee, or party committee.\n 2. (a) A political action committee shall not make any independent\nexpenditures and may only make contributions to any independent\nexpenditure committee if such committee does not have common operational\ncontrol. For purposes of this paragraph, "common operational control"\nmeans that (i) the same individual or individuals exercise actual and\nstrategic control over the day-to-day affairs of both the political\naction committee and the independent expenditure committee, or (ii)\nemployees of the political action committee and the independent\nexpenditure committee engage in communications related to the strategic\noperations of either committee.\n (b) No candidate, candidate's authorized committee, party committee,\nor constituted committee shall contribute to an independent expenditure\ncommittee that is making expenditures benefitting the candidate or the\ncandidate supported by such party or constituted committee.\n

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