§ 14-114. Contribution and receipt limitations. 1. The following\nlimitations apply to all contributions to candidates for election to any\npublic office or for nomination for any such office, or for election to\nany party positions, and to all contributions to political committees\nworking directly or indirectly with any candidate to aid or participate\nin such candidate's nomination or election, other than any contributions\nto any party committee or constituted committee:\n a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of\nthe entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor\nmay make a contribution to any candidate or political committee,\nparticipating in the state's public campaign financing system pursuant\nto title two of this article and no such candidate or political\ncommittee may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in\nthe aggregate amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided\nequally among the primary and general election in an election cycle;\nprovided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or\naccepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent,\ngrandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such persons,\nshall not exceed in the case of any nomination to public office an\namount equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters in the\ncandidate's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive status,\nmultiplied by $.025, and in the case of any election for a public\noffice, an amount equivalent to the product of the number of registered\nvoters in the state excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by\n$.025.\n b. In any nomination or election of a candidate participating in the\nstate's public campaign financing system pursuant to title two of this\narticle, no such candidate or political committee may accept any\ncontribution from any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount\ngreater than: (i) in the case of a nomination or election for state\nsenator, ten thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and\ngeneral election in an election cycle; and (ii) in the case of a\nnomination or election for member of the assembly, six thousand dollars,\ndivided equally among the primary and general election in an election\ncycle; provided however, that the maximum amount which may be so\ncontributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from such candidate's child,\nparent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such\npersons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomination for state\nsenator or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of\nenrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or\nshe is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by\n$.25 and in the case of any election for state senator or member of the\nassembly, an amount equivalent to the number of registered voters in the\ndistrict, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25;\nprovided, however, in the case of a nomination or election of a state\nsenator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the case\nof a nomination or election of a member of the assembly twelve thousand\nfive hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but in no event shall any\nsuch maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.\n c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of\nthe entire state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor\nmay make a contribution to any candidate or political committee in\nconnection with a candidate who is not a participating candidate as\ndefined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and\nno such candidate or political committee may accept any contribution\nfrom any contributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than\neighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general\nelection in an election cycle; provided however, that the maximum amount\nwhich may be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from any\ncandidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the\nspouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any\nnomination to public office an amount equivalent to the product of the\nnumber of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state,\nexcluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the\ncase of any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the\nproduct of the number of registered voters in the state, excluding\nvoters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025.\n d. In any nomination or election of a candidate who is not a\nparticipating candidate for state senator, ten thousand dollars, divided\nequally among the primary and general election in an election cycle; in\nthe case of a nomination or election for member of the assembly, six\nthousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general election\nin an election cycle.\n e. In any other election for party position or for election to a\npublic office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may\nmake a contribution to any candidate or political committee and no\ncandidate or political committee may accept any contribution from any\ncontributor, which is in the aggregate amount greater than: (i) in the\ncase of any election for party position, or for nomination to public\noffice, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the\ncandidate's party in the district in which he or she is a candidate,\nexcluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and (ii) in the\ncase of any election for a public office, the product of the total\nnumber of registered voters in the district, excluding voters in\ninactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination\nwithin the city of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or\ncomptroller, such amount shall be not less than four thousand dollars\nnor more than twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the\ncost of living adjustment described in paragraph f of this subdivision;\nin the case of an election within the city of New York for the office of\nmayor, public advocate or comptroller, twenty-five thousand dollars as\nincreased or decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in\nparagraph f of this subdivision but in no event shall any such maximum\nexceed fifty thousand dollars or be less than one thousand dollars;\nprovided however, that the maximum amount which may be so contributed or\naccepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child, parent,\ngrandparent, brother and sister, and the spouse of any such persons,\nshall not exceed in the case of any election for party position or\nnomination for public office an amount equivalent to the number of\nenrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he or\nshe is a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by\n$.25 and in the case of any election to public office, an amount\nequivalent to the number of registered voters in the district, excluding\nvoters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty\ndollars, whichever is greater, but in no event shall any such maximum\nexceed one hundred thousand dollars.\n f. (1) At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in\nnineteen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the\npercentage of the difference between the most recent available monthly\nconsumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United\nStates bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price index\npublished for the same month four years previously. The amount of each\ncontribution limit fixed in this subdivision shall be adjusted by the\namount of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred dollars\nby the state board which, not later than the first day of February in\neach such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount of each\nsuch contribution limit. Each contribution limit as so adjusted shall be\nthe contribution limit in effect for any election held before the next\nsuch adjustment.\n (2) Provided, however, that such adjustments shall not occur for\ncandidates seeking statewide office, or the position of state senator or\nmember of the assembly, whether such candidate does or does not\nparticipate in the public finance program established pursuant to title\ntwo of this article.\n g. Notwithstanding any other contribution limit in this section,\nparticipating candidates as defined in subdivision fourteen of section\n14-200-a of this article may contribute, out of their own money, three\ntimes the applicable contribution limit to their own authorized\ncommittee.\n 2. For purposes of this section, contributions other than of money\nshall be evaluated at their fair market value. The state board of\nelections shall promulgate regulations, consistent with law, governing\nthe manner of computing fair market value.\n 3. As used in this section the term "contributor" shall not include a\nparty committee supporting the candidate of such party or a constituted\ncommittee supporting the candidate of such party.\n 4. For purposes of this section, a portion of every contribution to a\nparty committee, expended as other than non-candidate expenditures, and\na portion of every contribution to a political committee authorized to\nsupport more than one candidate, shall be deemed contributed to every\ncandidate supported by such committee. That portion shall be determined\nby allocating the contributions received by the committee among all the\ncandidates supported by the committee in accordance with any formula\nbased upon reasonable standards established by the committee. The\nstatements filed by such committee in accordance with this article shall\nset forth, in addition to the other information required to be set\nforth, the total amount received by the committee from each contributor\non behalf of all such candidates and the amount of each such\ncontribution allocated to each candidate by dollar amount and\npercentage. Nothing in this subdivision shall require allocating\ncontributions expended on non-candidate expenditures to candidates.\n 5. No constituted committee may expend, in any twelve month period\nterminating on the day of a general election, other than as\nnon-candidate expenditures, any portion of any individual contribution\nwhich exceeds, in the case of a state committee, one-half of one cent\nfor each registered voter in the state, or, in the case of any other\nconstituted committee, the greater of one cent for each registered voter\nin the district in which the committee is organized or five hundred\ndollars. The number of such voters shall be determined as of the date of\nsuch general election or as of the date of the general election in\nwhichever of the preceding four years shall result in the greatest\nnumber.\n 6. a. A loan made to a candidate or political committee, other than a\nconstituted committee, by any person, firm, association or corporation\nother than in the regular course of the lender's business shall be\ndeemed, to the extent not repaid by the date of the primary, general or\nspecial election, as the case may be, a contribution by such person,\nfirm, association or corporation.\n b. A loan made to a candidate or political committee, other than a\nconstituted committee, by any person, firm, association or corporation\nin the regular course of the lender's business shall be deemed, to the\nextent not repaid by the date of the primary, general or special\nelection, as the case may be, a contribution by the obligor on the loan\nand by any other person endorsing, cosigning, guaranteeing,\ncollateralizing or otherwise providing security for the loan.\n c. Lobbyists, as defined by subdivision (a) of section one-c of the\nlegislative law or by subdivision (a) of section 3-211 of the\nadministrative code of the city of New York, political action\ncommittees, labor unions, and any person who has registered with the\nstate board of elections as an independent expenditure committee\npursuant to subdivision three of section 14-107 of this article are\nprohibited from making loans to candidates or political committees;\nprovided, however, that a lobbyist shall not be prohibited from making a\nloan to himself or herself or to his or her own political committee when\nsuch lobbyist is a candidate for office.\n 7. For the purposes of this section, the number of registered or\nenrolled voters shall be determined as of the date of the general,\nspecial or primary election, as the case may be or as of the date of the\ngeneral election in any of the preceding four years, whichever date\nshall result in the greatest number and candidates running jointly for\nthe offices of governor and lieutenant governor in a general or special\nelection shall be deemed to be one candidate.\n 8. Except as may otherwise be provided for a candidate and his family,\nno person may contribute, loan or guarantee in excess of one hundred\nfifty thousand dollars within the state in connection with the\nnomination or election of persons to state and local public offices and\nparty positions within the state of New York in any one calendar year.\nFor the purposes of this subdivision "loan" or "guarantee" shall mean a\nloan or guarantee which is not repaid or discharged in the calendar year\nin which it is made.\n 10. a. No contributor may make a contribution to a party or\nconstituted committee and no such committee may accept a contribution\nfrom any contributor which, in the aggregate, is greater than sixty-two\nthousand five hundred dollars per annum.\n b. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in\nnineteen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the\npercentage of the difference between the most recent available monthly\nconsumer price index for all urban consumers published by the United\nStates bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price index\npublished for the same month four years previously. The amount of such\ncontribution limit fixed in paragraph a of this subdivision shall be\nadjusted by the amount of such percentage difference to the closest one\nhundred dollars by the state board which, not later than the first day\nof February in each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the\namount of such contribution limit. Such contribution limit as so\nadjusted shall be the contribution limit in effect for any election held\nbefore the next such adjustment.\n 11. A board of elections, as defined in subdivision twenty-six of\nsection 1-104 of this chapter, shall calculate and publish on its\nwebsite, on or before the fifteenth day of April, all contribution\nlimits established pursuant to this section for the county, town, city\nand village offices on the ballot in that year, and within the same time\nperiod provide such calculated contribution limits to the state board of\nelections in the format required by such board.\n