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Assembly Bill A4294

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Alters provision respecting filing of campaign financial disclosure statements

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2017-A4294 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A504
2011-2012: A5875
2013-2014: A1850
2015-2016: A5606

2017-A4294 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Broadens requirements with respect to campaign disclosure statements to require expenditures of $5,000 or more incurred in the final 10 days of an election to be reported within 24 hours to the Board of Elections and requires such statements to be filed in person or sent by express mail; also requires that all filings made during the final 15 day period prior to an election should be filed in person or sent by express mail.

2017-A4294 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4294
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the manner of filing of
   campaign financial disclosure statements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 14-108 of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  109  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Each statement shall cover the  period  up  to  and  including  the
 fourth  day  next  preceding  the  day specified for the filing thereof;
 provided, however, that any contribution or loan in excess of one  thou-
 sand  dollars  OR  ANY  LIABILITY  INCURRED  IN  EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS, if received OR INCURRED after the close of  the  period  to  be
 covered  in  the  last  statement  filed  before any primary, general or
 special election but before such election, shall  be  reported,  in  the
 same  manner  as  other contributions OR LIABILITIES, within twenty-four
 hours after receipt OR INCURRENCE.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 14-108 of the election law,  as  amended
 by  chapter  323 of the laws of 1977 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of
 the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
    6.  A statement shall be deemed properly filed when deposited  in  an
 established post-office within the prescribed time, duly stamped, certi-
 fied  and  directed  to the officer with whom or to the board with which
 the statement is required to be filed,  but  in  the  event  it  is  not
 received,  a  duplicate  of  such statement shall be promptly filed upon
 notice by such officer or such board of its non-receipt. ALL  STATEMENTS
 REQUIRED  TO  BE  FILED IN THE FIFTEEN DAYS BEFORE ANY ELECTION SHALL BE
 FILED IN PERSON OR SENT BY EXPRESS MAIL OR ELECTRONIC MAIL.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01597-01-7

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