§ 1528 — Expenditure and contribution statement

§ 1528. Expenditure and contribution statement. 1. (a) Any candidate\nfor election to the board of education, except a candidate for member of\nthe community district education council of a New York city community\nschool district, shall file sworn statements with the clerk of the\nschool district in which he or she is a candidate and the commissioner\nsetting forth all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended\nor promised by him or her, or incurred for or on his or her behalf with\nhis or her approval to be filed with the aforesaid clerk and\ncommissioner by any person, firm, association or corporation, to aid his\nor her own nomination or election, or to aid or influence the nomination\nor defeat of any candidate to be voted for at the election. Any\ncandidate for election, if he or she expended nothing or his or her only\nexpenditures were for personal expenses which when taken together with\nthe total expenditures incurred by others on his or her behalf and with\nhis or her approval do not exceed five hundred dollars, and if the\naggregate amount of all contributions made to such candidate do not\nexceed five hundred dollars, shall not be required to file any\nstatements with the commissioner; however such candidate shall file with\nthe clerk of the school district a sworn statement to the effect that\nhis or her election expenditures did not exceed five hundred dollars and\ncontributions received did not exceed five hundred dollars.\n (b) Any required contribution statements shall include the dollar\namount of any receipt, contribution or transfer, or the fair market\nvalue of any receipt, contribution or transfer, which is other than of\nmoney, the name and address of the transferor, contributor or person\nfrom whom received, and if the transferor, contributor or person is a\npolitical committee as defined in subdivision one of section 14-100 of\nthe election law; the name of and the political unit represented by the\ncommittee, the date of its receipt, the dollar amount of every\nexpenditure, the name and address of the person to whom it was made or\nthe name of and the political unit represented by the committee to which\nit was made and the date thereof.\n (c) No person or persons shall make expenditures on behalf of a\ncandidate without his or her approval unless such person or persons\nfiles a sworn statement with the clerk and commissioner stating that the\ncandidate did not approve such expenditure. Such expenditure shall be\nlimited to twenty-five dollars and shall not be included in determining\nthe five hundred dollars as set forth in paragraph (a) of this\nsubdivision.\n 2. For the purposes of this section, personal expenses shall include\nonly payments for traveling expenses and expenses incidental thereto,\nfor writing, printing and preparing for transmission any letter,\ncircular, or other publication not issued at regular intervals,\ncontaining a statement of the position or views of the candidate or\nperson upon public or other questions, for stationery and postage and\nfor telegraph, telephone and other public messenger service; but all\nsuch expenses shall be limited to those which are directly and\npersonally incurred and paid by the candidate.\n