Assembly Bill A10265

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  10265

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 16, 2012
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  the  appointment  and
  removal of the treasurer of a candidate committee

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-104 of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  430  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination  for
public  office  at  a  contested  primary election or convention, or for
election to a party position at a primary election,  shall  file  state-
ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
setting  forth the particulars specified by section 14-102 of this arti-
cle, as to all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or
promised by him to aid his own nomination or election, or to promote the
success or defeat of a political party, or to aid or influence the nomi-
nation or election or the defeat of any other candidate to be voted  for
at  the  election  or  primary  election  or  at a convention, including
contributions to political committees, officers, members or agents ther-
eof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to him to be used for any
of the purposes above specified, or in lieu thereof, any such  candidate
may  file  such  a sworn statement at the first filing period, on a form
prescribed by the state board of elections that such candidate has  made
no  such expenditures and does not intend to make any such expenditures,
except through a political committee authorized by such candidate pursu-
ant to this article.  SUCH CANDIDATE MAY DESIGNATE  A  COMMITTEE  OF  NO
LESS  THAN  THREE  PERSONS WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT AND REMOVE
THE TREASURER OF ANY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE.  THE  DESIG-
NATION  OF  THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE EVIDENCED IN A WRITING FILED WITH THE
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY THE CANDIDATE AUTHORIZING THE  COMMITTEE.  A
committee  authorized  by such a candidate may fulfill all of the filing
requirements of this act on behalf of such candidate.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15822-01-2