S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4622
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 16, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the crime of
failure to file campaign statements, a class A misdemeanor
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "campaign
finance reporting accountability act".
S 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 190.90 to read
as follows:
S 190.90 FAILURE TO FILE CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS.
ANY PERSON, REQUIRED TO FILE A STATEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN
OF THE ELECTION LAW, WHO KNOWINGLY, ON THREE OR MORE OCCASIONS, FAILS TO
FILE SUCH A STATEMENT WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE SUCH STATEMENT IS
DUE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF FAILURE TO FILE CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS.
FAILURE TO FILE CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of November next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD07899-01-3