Judicial candidates not to contribute.

No candidate for a judicial office shall, directly or indirectly, make any contribution of money or other thing of value, nor shall any contribution be solicited of him; but a candidate for a judicial office may make such legal expenditures other than contributions, as are authorized by section seven hundred and sixty-seven of this article.

Penal Law, § 780.

Limitation of amounts to be expended by candidates.

The total amount expended by a candidate for a public office, voted for at an election, by the qualified electors of the state or any political subdivision thereof, for any of the purposes specified in section seven hundred and sixtyseven of this chapter, for contributions to political committees, as that term is defined in section five hundred and forty of the election law, or for any purpose tending in any way, directly or indirectly, to promote, or aid in securing, his nomination and election shall not exceed the amount specified herein. By a candidate for governor, the sum of ten thousand dollars; by a candidate for any other elective state office, other than a judicial office, the sum of six thousand dollars; by a candidate for the office of representative in congress or presidential elector, the sum of four thousand dollars; by a candidate for the office of state senator, the sum of two thousand dollars; by a candidate for the office of member of assembly, the sum of one thousand dollars; by a candidate for any other public office to be voted for by the qualified electors of a county, city, town or village, or any part thereof, if the total number of votes cast therein for all candidates for the office of governor at the last preceding state election, shall be five thousand or less, the sum of five hundred dollars; if the total number of votes cast therein at such last preceding state election be in excess of five thousand, the sum of three dollars for each one hundred votes in excess of such number may be added to the amounts above specified. Any candidate for a public office who shall expend for the purposes above mentioned an amount in excess of the sum herein specified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Penal Law, § 781.

Penalty.

Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this article shall for a first offense be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year, or by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment. Any person convicted of a misdemeanor under this article for a second or subsequent offense shall be guilty of a felony.

Penal Law, § 782.

Political contributions by corporations prohibited; penalty.

No corporation or joint-stock association doing business in this state, except a corporation or association organized or maintained for political purposes only, shall directly or indirectly pay or use or offer, consent or agree to pay or use any money or property for or in aid of any political party, committee or organization, or for, or in aid of, any corporation, joint-stock or other association organized or maintained for

political purposes, or for, or in aid of, any candidate for political office or for nomination for such office, or for any political purpose whatever, or for the reimbursement or indemnification of any person for moneys or property so used. Any officer, director, stockholder, attorney or agent of any corporation or joint-stock association which violates any of the provisions of this section, who participates in, aids, abets or advises or consents to any such violation, and any person who solicits or knowingly receives any money or property in violation of this section, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary or county jail for not more than one year and a fine of not more than one thousand dollars. No person shall be excused from attending and testifying, or producing any books, papers or other documents before any court or magistrate, upon any investigation, proceeding or trial, for a violation of any of the provisions of this section, upon the ground or for the reason that the testimony or evidence, documentary or otherwise, required of him may tend to convict him of a crime or to subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter or thing concerning which he may so testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, and no testimony so given or produced shall be received against him upon any criminal investigation or proceeding. General Corporation Law, § 44.

PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.

(L. 1909, ch. 51.)

Article 1. Short title; definitions (§§ 1, 2).

2. Appointment and qualification of public officers (§§ 3-16.)

3. Creation and filling of vacancies (§§ 30–42).

4. Powers and duties of public officers (§§ 60-72.)

5. Delivery of public books (§ 80).

6. Construction; laws repealed; when to take effect (§§ 90-92).

Section 1. Short title.

2. Definitions.

§ 1. Short title.

ARTICLE 1.

Short Title; Definitions.

This chapter shall be known as the "Public Officers Law."

§ 2. Definitions.

The term "state officer" includes every officer for whom all the electors of the state are entitled to vote, members of the legislature, justices of the supreme court, regents of the university, and every officer, appointed by one or more state officers, or by the legislature, and authorized to exercise his official functions throughout the entire state, or without limitation to any political subdivision of the state, except United States senators, members of congress, and electors for president and vice-president of the United States. The term "local officer" includes every other officer who is elected by the electors of a portion only of the state, every officer of a political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state, and every officer limited in the execution of his official functions to a portion only of the state. The office of a state officer is a state office. The office of a local officer is a local office.

ARTICLE 2.

Appointment and Qualification of Public Officers.

Section 3. Qualifications for holding office.

4. Commencement of term of office.

5. Holding over after expiration of term.

6. Mode of choosing state officers if not otherwise provided.
7. Appointment by the governor and senate.

8. Commissions of officers.