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Assembly Bill A5982

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits the deliberate misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to hold public office

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2017-A5982 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-106, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A4084
2021-2022: A4818

2017-A5982 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the deliberate misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to hold public office, including the use of a candidate's image, name, or likeness in a manner which is misleading.

2017-A5982 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5982
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, GIGLIO, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by
   --  M.  of  A.    CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the  delib-
   erate  misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to
   hold public office

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3-106 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by  chapter  9
 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  In  addition to the powers and duties elsewhere enumerated in this
 article, the state board of  elections,  after  public  hearings,  shall
 adopt  a "fair campaign code" setting forth ethical standards of conduct
 for persons,  political  parties  and  committees  engaged  in  election
 campaigns  including,  but not limited to, specific prohibitions against
 practices of political espionage and other political practices involving
 subversion of the political parties and process  AND  SPECIFIC  PROHIBI-
 TIONS  AGAINST  DELIBERATE MISREPRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER OR FITNESS
 OF A CANDIDATE TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE, INCLUDING THE USE OF A CANDIDATE'S
 IMAGE, NAME, OR LIKENESS IN A MANNER WHICH IS MISLEADING.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09056-01-7

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