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Assembly Bill A7518

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the elimination of duplicate electronic filing

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2017-A7518 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-105, El L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A1740

2017-A7518 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the elimination of duplicate electronic filings.

2017-A7518 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7518
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  satisfying  filing
   requirements
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-105
 to read as follows:
   § 14-105. ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATE ELECTRONIC FILING. 1. ANY CANDIDATE
 OR  AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE REQUIRED TO FILE ELEC-
 TRONICALLY WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL  BE  DEEMED  TO  HAVE
 SATISFIED SUCH FILING REQUIREMENTS UPON MAKING ELECTRONIC FILINGS WITH A
 LOCAL  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE  BOARD,  PROVIDED  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 DETERMINES: (I) THE FILING FORMAT, STANDARDS AND  REVIEW  AND  AUDIT  OF
 FILINGS  OF  SUCH CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD MEET OR EXCEED THE REQUIREMENTS
 IMPOSED BY THIS ARTICLE; AND (II) THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE  FILING  DATA  OF
 SUCH  LOCAL  CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD IS PUBLICLY AVAILABLE IN A MANNER AT
 LEAST SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PUBLICATION  OF
 CAMPAIGN  FINANCE  FILINGS;  AND (III) SUCH LOCAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD
 WILL PROVIDE THE  CHIEF  ENFORCEMENT  COUNSEL  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS NOTICE OF FILING DELINQUENCIES AND NON-FILINGS.
   2.  IF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  PERMITS FILINGS WITH A LOCAL
 CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD TO BE DEEMED FILINGS  WITH  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS,  SUCH BOARD SHALL PROVIDE A LINK ON ITS WEBSITE TO THE PUBLIC
 DISCLOSURE AND SEARCH FUNCTIONS OF THE WEBSITE OF  SUCH  LOCAL  CAMPAIGN
 FINANCE BOARD.
   3.  A  DETERMINATION  PERMITTING FILINGS WITH A LOCAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE
 BOARD TO BE DEEMED FILINGS WITH THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  BE
 REVOKED  UPON  A  DETERMINATION THAT THE LOCAL CAMPAIGN FINANCE BOARD NO
 LONGER COMPLIES WITH ANY OF THE CRITERIA ENUMERATED IN  PARAGRAPHS  (I),
 (II) AND (III) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

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