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                                  1687
                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                          I N  A S S E M B L Y
                            January 11, 2011
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Introduced  by  M. of A. KAVANAGH, GALEF, JAFFEE, PHEFFER -- Multi-Spon-
  sored by -- M. of A.   DINOWITZ,  MAGEE,  MORELLE  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to limiting a candidate to
  one authorized committee per election, per office
  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
  Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by  adding  a
new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A. "MULTI-CANDIDATE COMMITTEE" MEANS A POLITICAL COMMITTEE WHICH HAS
BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, HAS RECEIVED CONTRIBUTIONS OF
MONEY  FROM  MORE THAN FIFTY PERSONS, HAS MADE CONTRIBUTIONS OF MONEY TO
AT LEAST FIVE CANDIDATES IN NEW YORK STATE, MAKES ONLY MONETARY CONTRIB-
UTIONS AND IS NOT AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR ANY CANDIDATE.
  S 2. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by chapter 930  of
the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
  S 14-112.  Political committee authorization statement.  Any political
committee  aiding  or  taking  part in the election or nomination of any
candidate, other than by making contributions, shall file, in the office
in which the statements 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  committee  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. NO CANDIDATE MAY AUTHORIZE MORE THAN ONE COMMITTEE FOR ANY
ONE  ELECTION.  A  MULTI-CANDIDATE  COMMITTEE  MAY  NOT BE AN AUTHORIZED
COMMITTEE.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04580-01-1