Senate Bill S472

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Alters provision respecting filing of campaign financial disclosure statements

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  • 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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2009-S472 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A504
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S588, A5875
2013-2014: S1164, A1850
2015-2016: S793, A5606
2017-2018: A4294

2009-S472 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Broadens requirements with respect to campaign disclosure statements to require expenditures of $5,000 or more incurred in the final 10 days of an election to be reported within 24 hours to the Board of Elections and requires such statements to be filed in person or sent by express mail; also requires that all filings made during the final 15 day period prior to an election should be filed in person or sent by express mail.

2009-S472 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S472 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   472

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. BRESLIN, ADAMS, DUANE, KRUEGER, SAMPSON, SCHNEIDER-
  MAN, STAVISKY -- 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 the manner of filing of
  campaign financial disclosure statements

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 14-108 of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  109  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Each statement shall cover the  period  up  to  and  including  the
fourth  day  next  preceding  the  day specified for the filing thereof;
provided, however, that any contribution or loan in excess of one  thou-
sand  dollars  OR  ANY  LIABILITY  INCURRED  IN  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS, if received OR INCURRED after the close of  the  period  to  be
covered  in  the  last  statement  filed  before any primary, general or
special election but before such election, shall  be  reported,  in  the
same  manner  as  other  contributions,  within  twenty-four hours after
receipt.
  S 2. Subdivision 6 of section 14-108 of the election law,  as  amended
by  chapter  323 of the laws of 1977 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of
the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  A statement shall be deemed properly filed when deposited  in  an
established post-office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, certi-
fied  and  directed  to the officer with whom or to the board with which
the statement is required to be filed,  but  in  the  event  it  is  not
received,  a  duplicate  of  such statement shall be promptly filed upon
notice by such officer or such board of its non-receipt. ALL  STATEMENTS
REQUIRED  TO  BE  FILED IN THE FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE ANY ELECTION SHALL BE
FILED IN PERSON OR SENT BY EXPRESS MAIL.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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