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                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  MAGNARELLI  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  the  appointment  and
   removal of the treasurer of a candidate committee
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-104 of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1 of part C of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination  for
 public  office  at  a  contested  primary election or convention, or for
 election to a party position at a primary election,  shall  file  state-
 ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
 ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
 section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
 setting  forth the particulars specified by section 14-102 of this arti-
 cle, as to all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or
 promised by him or her to aid his or her own nomination or election,  or
 to  promote  the  success  or  defeat of a political party, or to aid or
 influence the nomination or election or the defeat of any  other  candi-
 date to be voted for at the election or primary election or at a conven-
 tion, including contributions to political committees, officers, members
 or  agents  thereof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to him or
 her to be used for any of the purposes above specified, or in lieu ther-
 eof, any such candidate may file such a sworn  statement  at  the  first
 filing period, on a form prescribed by the state board of elections that
 such candidate has made no such expenditures and does not intend to make
 any  such  expenditures, except through a political committee authorized
 by such candidate pursuant to this article. Such candidate may designate
 a committee of no less than three persons who  shall  be  authorized  to
 appoint  and  remove  the  treasurer  of any authorized committee of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 candidate. The designation or  revocation  of  the  committee  shall  be
 evidenced  in  a  writing filed with the state board of elections by the
 candidate authorizing the  committee.  The  candidate  may  revoke  such
 designation at any time.  SUCH CANDIDATE MAY DESIGNATE A COMMITTEE OF NO
 LESS  THAN  THREE  PERSONS WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT AND REMOVE
 THE TREASURER OF ANY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE.  THE  DESIG-
 NATION  OF  THE COMMITTEE SHALL BE EVIDENCED IN A WRITING FILED WITH THE
 STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY THE CANDIDATE AUTHORIZING THE  COMMITTEE.  A
 committee  authorized  by such a candidate may fulfill all of the filing
 requirements of this act on behalf of such candidate.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
 manner  as section 1 of part C of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, takes
 effect.