Senate Bill S3452

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election

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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

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2021-S3452 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-112, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S5546
2011-2012: S1568
2013-2014: S2536
2015-2016: S2857
2017-2018: S4228
2019-2020: S3094
2023-2024: S1503

2021-S3452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election.

2021-S3452 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3452
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 prohibiting  candidates
   from  authorizing  more  than  one  political  committee  for  any one
   election

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by section 8
 of  part  A  of  chapter  286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 follows:
   §  14-112.  [Political]  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE;  POLITICAL   committee
 authorization  statement.  1.  Any  political committee aiding or taking
 part in the election or nomination of any candidate, other than a  poli-
 tical  action  committee,  shall file, in the office in which the state-
 ments of such committee are to be filed pursuant to this article, either
 a sworn verified statement by the treasurer of such  committee  AND  THE
 CANDIDATE that [the] SUCH candidate has authorized the political commit-
 tee  to  aid  or  take  part  in his OR HER election or A SWORN VERIFIED
 STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER OF SUCH COMMITTEE that the candidate has  not
 authorized the committee to aid or take part in his OR HER election.
   2.  NO  CANDIDATE  MAY AUTHORIZE MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR
 ANY ONE ELECTION.  ANY CANDIDATE WHO, ON DECEMBER  FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 TWENTY-TWO, HAS AUTHORIZED MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR ANY ONE
 ELECTION  SHALL, NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SAID DATE, DISAVOW ALL
 BUT ONE OF SUCH COMMITTEES, IN WRITING, TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
 THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN  EXPLORATORY
 COMMITTEE BY AN ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL. A MULTI-CANDIDATE COMMITTEE MAY
 NOT BE AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
   3.  CAMPAIGN  FUNDS  REMAINING  IN  ANY  DISAVOWED  COMMITTEE SHALL BE
 DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03503-01-1
              

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