| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to elections |
| Feb 06, 2017 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S4228
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 15th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 28th Senate District
2017-S4228 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S4228 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4228
TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law, in relation to
prohibiting candidates from authorizing more than one political
committee for any one election
PURPOSE :
This bill is designed to increase the transparency of candidate
fundraising and expenditures by limiting to one the number of
authorized committees a candidate may have.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 14-112 subdivision 1 to require
that political committees supporting the election of a candidate must
file a sworn, verified statement by the committee treasurer and the
candidate stating that the candidate has authorized the committee to
support his or her election, or a sworn, verified statement by the
committee treasurer that the candidate has not authorized the
committee to support his election. It further amends subdivision 2 to
prohibit a candidate from authorizing more than one committee for any
election, and requires that if a candidate has more than one
authorized committee on December 1, 2012, within thirty days the
candidate must disavow all but one such committee in writing to the
state board of elections.
2017-S4228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4228
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 6, 2017
___________
Introduced by Sens. ADDABBO, KRUEGER, SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting candidates
from authorizing more than one political committee for any one
election
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by section 8
of part A of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 14-112. [Political] AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE; POLITICAL committee
authorization statement. 1. Any political committee aiding or taking
part in the election or nomination of any candidate, other than a poli-
tical action committee, shall file, in the office in which the state-
ments 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 commit-
tee 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.
2. NO CANDIDATE MAY AUTHORIZE MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR
ANY ONE ELECTION. ANY CANDIDATE WHO, ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
EIGHTEEN, HAS AUTHORIZED MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR ANY ONE
ELECTION SHALL, NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SAID DATE, DISAVOW ALL
BUT ONE OF SUCH COMMITTEES, IN WRITING, TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN EXPLORATORY
COMMITTEE BY AN ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL. A MULTI-CANDIDATE COMMITTEE MAY
NOT BE AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
3. CAMPAIGN FUNDS REMAINING IN ANY DISAVOWED COMMITTEE SHALL BE
DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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