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                                   729
                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                          I N  A S S E M B L Y
                               (PREFILED)
                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  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.
                                                           LBD04437-01-3