Senate Bill S2373

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to political advertisements and literature and identification of the source of certain political communications

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

2009-S2373 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-107, El L

2009-S2373 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to political advertisements and literature and identification of the source of certain political communications.

2009-S2373 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2373 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2373

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 19, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. PADAVAN -- 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  political  advertise-
  ments and literature and identification of the source of certain poli-
  tical communications

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-107
to read as follows:
  S  14-107.  POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENTS AND LITERATURE AND IDENTIFICATION
OF THE SOURCE OF CERTAIN POLITICAL  COMMUNICATIONS.  1.    WHENEVER  ANY
PERSON  OR  ENTITY MAKES AN EXPENDITURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FINANCING, OR
OTHERWISE PUBLISHES OR  DISTRIBUTES,  COMMUNICATIONS  NAMING  A  CLEARLY
IDENTIFIED CANDIDATE OR PUBLIC OFFICER, SUCH COMMUNICATION:
  (A) IF PAID FOR AND AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE, AN AUTHORIZED POLITICAL
COMMITTEE  OF  A  CANDIDATE,  OR ITS AGENT, SHALL CLEARLY STATE THAT THE
COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN PAID FOR BY SUCH CANDIDATE, AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL
COMMITTEE, OR AGENT; OR
  (B)  IF  PAID  FOR BY ANOTHER PERSON BUT AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE, AN
AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF  A  CANDIDATE,  OR  ITS  AGENT,  SHALL
CLEARLY  STATE  THAT  THE COMMUNICATION IS PAID FOR BY SUCH OTHER PERSON
AND AUTHORIZED BY SUCH CANDIDATE,  AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  OR
AGENT; OR
  (C)  IF NOT AUTHORIZED BY A CANDIDATE, AN AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEE OF A CANDIDATE, OR ITS AGENTS, SHALL CLEARLY STATE THE NAME  OF  THE
PERSON WHO PAID FOR, OR OTHERWISE PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, THE COMMUNI-
CATION  AND STATE THAT THE COMMUNICATION IS NOT AUTHORIZED BY ANY CANDI-
DATE OR CANDIDATE'S COMMITTEE.
  2. IF A COMMUNICATION IS MADE BY AUTOMATED  TELEPHONE  THE  PERSON  OR
ENTITY PAYING FOR SUCH AUTOMATED TELEPHONE CALL SHALL BE CLEARLY IDENTI-
FIED AT THE BEGINNING OF SUCH COMMUNICATION.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09512-01-9
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.