| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to elections |
| Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S40
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
2011-S40 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S40 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S40
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the election law, in relation to requiring widely compatible
software
electronic filing of campaign
receipts and expenditures
PURPOSE:
This bill would require that the state Board
of Elections
modify its computer software to allow for the importation of data
from any commonly used database programs.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends paragraph (a) of subdivision
9-A of §3-102 of the Election Law to require that the state Board of
Elections modify its computer software to allow for the importation
of data from any commonly used database programs.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Board of Elections' current software is antiquated
in terms of the capabilities of the products and programs that are
available today. The inability of their current program to let filers
whether candidates or treasurers - conveniently import data into the
2011-S40 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
40
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 5, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- 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 requiring widely
compatible software electronic filing of campaign receipts and expend-
itures
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9-A of section 3-102 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2005, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) develop an electronic reporting system to process the statements
of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures required
to be filed with any board of elections pursuant to the provisions of
sections 14-102 and 14-104 of this chapter WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH
WIDELY USED COMPUTER PROGRAMS WHICH PROCESS AND STORE INFORMATION SIMI-
LAR TO THAT WHICH IS REQUIRED BY SUCH SECTIONS;
S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00093-01-1
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