S 932: Prohibits the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees for certain actions brought against a candidate or public official.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 932 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, ADDABBO, KRUEGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use of campaign funds to pay attorney's fees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14-130 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows: 3 7. No campaign funds shall be used to pay attorney's fees or any costs 4 of defending against any civil or criminal action, investigation or 5 prosecution for alleged violations of state or federal law alleged to 6 have been committed by a candidate, public or party official, members of 7 their immediate family or domestic partner unless such expenditure is 8 used exclusively for costs related to civil actions instituted pursuant 9 to article sixteen of this chapter. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall 11 have become a law; provided, however, that the state board of elections 12 shall notify all registered campaign committees of the applicable 13 provisions of this act within thirty days after this act shall have 14 become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03239-01-5