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                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
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 IN  SENATE -- A BUDGET BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to arti-
   cle seven of the Constitution -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  A  BUDGET  BILL, submitted by the Governor pursuant to
   article seven of the Constitution -- read once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Ways and Means

 AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to the disclosure of the
   identities of political committees, persons, organizations, or  agents
   making  certain expenditures for political communications (Part A); to
   amend the election law, in relation to motor vehicle registration  and
   to establish early voting; and to repeal section 5-212 of the election
   law  relating  thereto  (Part B); to amend the public officers law and
   the legislative law, in relation  to  outside  employment  and  income
   (Part C); to amend the election law, in relation to political contrib-
   utions  by  limited  liability  companies  or other corporate entities
   (Part D); to amend the executive law and the general municipal law, in
   relation to requiring the financial disclosures of certain local offi-
   cials (Part E); to amend the election law, in relation to establishing
   contribution limits and a public campaign financing system;  to  amend
   the  state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York state
   campaign finance fund; and to amend the tax law, in relation to estab-
   lishing a New York state campaign finance fund check-off (Part F);  to
   amend  the  public  officers law, the civil practice law and rules and
   the executive law, in relation to the freedom of information law;  and
   to  repeal  section  88 of the public officers law, section 70-0113 of
   the environmental conservation law and subdivision 4 of section 308 of
   the county law relating thereto (Part G); to amend the executive  law,
   in  relation  to  including  certain  not-for-profit organizations and
   foundations within the jurisdiction of the inspector general (Part H);
   to amend the executive law, in relation to giving the inspector gener-
   al jurisdiction over state procurement (Part I); to amend  the  educa-
   tion  law,  in  relation to the implementation and enforcement of SUNY
   and CUNY financial control policies, including the policies of  affil-
   iated  nonprofit  organizations and foundations (Part J); to amend the
   executive law, the state finance law and the public  authorities  law,
   in  relation  to  the appointment of a chief procurement officer (Part
 
              

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   K); to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  government  vendor
   contributions  (Part  L); and to direct the preparation of a report on
   the feasibility of single identifying codes or numbers (Part M)
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. This act enacts into law major  components  of  legislation
 relating  to Good Government and Ethics Reform. Each component is wholly
 contained within a Part identified as Parts A through M.  The  effective
 date  for  each  particular  provision contained within such Part is set
 forth in the last section of such Part. Any  provision  in  any  section
 contained within a Part, including the effective date of the Part, which
 makes  a  reference  to a section "of this act", when used in connection
 with that particular component, shall be deemed to mean and refer to the
 corresponding section of the Part in which it is found. Section three of
 this act sets forth the general effective date of this act.
 
                                  PART A
 
   Section 1. Section 14-106 of the election law, as amended by section 3
 of subpart C of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to
 read as follows:
   § 14-106. Political communication. The statements required to be filed
 under  the provisions of this article next succeeding a primary, general
 or special election shall be accompanied by a  copy  of  all  broadcast,
 cable  or  satellite  schedules and scripts, [internet] PAID INTERNET OR
 DIGITAL, print and other types of advertisements, pamphlets,  circulars,
 flyers,  brochures,  letterheads  and  other printed matter purchased or
 produced, and reproductions of statements or  information  published  to
 five hundred or more members of a general public audience by computer or
 other  electronic device including but not limited to electronic mail or
 text message, purchased in connection with such election by or under the
 authority of the person filing the statement or  the  committee  or  the
 person  on  whose  behalf  it is filed, as the case may be. Such copies,
 schedules and scripts shall be preserved by the officer with whom or the
 board with which it is required to be filed for a  period  of  one  year
 from the date of filing thereof.
   §  2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 14-107 of the election
 law, as amended by section 1 of part A of chapter 286  of  the  laws  of
 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  "Independent  expenditure"  means an expenditure made by an inde-
 pendent expenditure committee [conveyed to five hundred or more  members
 of  a  general  public  audience]  in  the form of (i) an audio or video
 communication via broadcast, cable or satellite, (ii) a written communi-
 cation via  advertisements,  pamphlets,  circulars,  flyers,  brochures,
 letterheads  or  (iii) other published statements WHERE SUCH EXPENDITURE
 IS CONVEYED TO FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE MEMBERS OF A GENERAL PUBLIC AUDIENCE
 OR IN THE FORM OF ANY PAID INTERNET OR DIGITAL ADVERTISEMENT which:  (i)
 irrespective  of when such communication is made, contains words such as
 "vote," "oppose," "support," "elect," "defeat," or "reject," which  call
 for  the  election  or  defeat of the clearly identified candidate, (ii)
 refers to and advocates for or against a clearly identified candidate or
 ballot proposal on or after January first of the year of the election in
 which such candidate is seeking office or such proposal shall appear  on

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 the  ballot,  or  (iii)  within  sixty  days before a general or special
 election for the office sought by the candidate or thirty days before  a
 primary election, includes or references a clearly identified candidate.
 An  independent  expenditure shall not include communications where such
 candidate, the candidate's political committee or its  agents,  a  party
 committee  or  its agents, or a constituted committee or its agents or a
 political committee formed to promote the success or defeat of a  ballot
 proposal or its agents, did authorize, request, suggest, foster or coop-
 erate in such communication.
   §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 14-107 of the election law, as amended
 by section 2 of part A of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   2. Whenever any person makes an independent expenditure IN THE FORM OF
 AN AUDIO OR VIDEO COMMUNICATION VIA BROADCAST,  CABLE  OR  SATELLITE,  A
 WRITTEN  COMMUNICATION VIA ADVERTISEMENTS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, FLYERS,
 BROCHURES, LETTERHEADS OR OTHER PUBLISHED STATEMENT WHERE SUCH  EXPENDI-
 TURE  IS  CONVEYED  TO  FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE MEMBERS OF A GENERAL PUBLIC
 AUDIENCE that costs one thousand dollars or more in the aggregate OR  AN
 INDEPENDENT  EXPENDITURE  IN  THE  FORM  OF ANY PAID INTERNET OR DIGITAL
 ADVERTISEMENT IRRESPECTIVE OF THE COST OF SUCH EXPENDITURE, such  commu-
 nication  shall  [clearly]  state  IN A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS MANNER the
 name of the person who paid for, or otherwise published  or  distributed
 the  communication  and  state, with respect to communications regarding
 candidates, that the  communication  was  not  expressly  authorized  or
 requested by any candidate, or by any candidate's political committee or
 any of its agents.
   §  4.  The opening paragraph of subdivision 3 of section 14-107 of the
 election law, as amended by section 3 of part A of chapter  286  of  the
 laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   Any  person  prior  to  making any independent expenditure shall first
 register with the state board of elections as a political committee  and
 as an independent expenditure committee in conformance with this article
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NO FOREIGN NATIONAL, GOVERNMENT, INSTRUMENTALITY
 OR  AGENT  MAY  REGISTER AS AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE COMMITTEE FOR THE
 PURPOSE OF  MAKING  INDEPENDENT  EXPENDITURES  IN  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL
 ELECTION.  Such  person  shall  comply  with  all disclosure obligations
 required for political committees by law and shall provide the following
 additional information upon registration:
   § 5. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-107-b  to
 read as follows:
   §  14-107-B.  INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE VERIFICATION. 1. EACH TELEVISION
 OR RADIO BROADCAST STATION, PROVIDER OF CABLE OR  SATELLITE  TELEVISION,
 OR  ONLINE  PLATFORM  SHALL  MAKE  REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT ALL
 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 14-107 OF THIS  ARTICLE,
 COMPLY  WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISIONS TWO AND THREE OF SECTION
 14-107 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   2. EACH ONLINE PLATFORM SHALL MAINTAIN AND MAKE AVAILABLE  ONLINE  FOR
 PUBLIC INSPECTION IN A MACHINE READABLE FORMAT, A COMPLETE RECORD OF ANY
 REQUEST  TO PURCHASE ON SUCH ONLINE PLATFORM ANY INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE
 WHICH IS MADE BY AN INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE  COMMITTEE  WHOSE  AGGREGATE
 REQUESTS TO PURCHASE SUCH COMMUNICATIONS EXCEEDS FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   3.  A  RECORD  MAINTAINED  UNDER SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 CONTAIN:
   (A) A DIGITAL COPY OF SUCH INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURE;

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   (B) A DESCRIPTION OF THE AUDIENCE TARGETED BY THE  ADVERTISEMENT,  THE
 NUMBER  OF VIEWS GENERATED FROM THE ADVERTISEMENT, AND THE DATE AND TIME
 THAT THE ADVERTISEMENT IS FIRST DISPLAYED AND LAST DISPLAYED; AND
   (C) INFORMATION REGARDING:
   (I) THE AVERAGE RATE CHARGED FOR SUCH ADVERTISEMENT;
   (II)  THE NAME OF THE CANDIDATE TO WHICH SUCH ADVERTISEMENT REFERS AND
 THE OFFICE TO WHICH THE CANDIDATE IS SEEKING ELECTION, THE  ELECTION  TO
 WHICH  SUCH  ADVERTISEMENT  REFERS, OR THE BALLOT PROPOSAL TO WHICH SUCH
 ADVERTISEMENT REFERS; AND
   (III) THE NAME OF THE PERSON PURCHASING SUCH ADVERTISEMENT, THE  NAME,
 ADDRESS,  AND  PHONE  NUMBER  OF A CONTACT PERSON FOR SUCH PERSON, AND A
 LIST OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OR MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMIT-
 TEE OR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF SUCH PERSON IN A  MANNER  CONSISTENT
 WITH  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 14-107 OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   4. ANY TELEVISION OR RADIO BROADCAST STATION,  PROVIDER  OF  CABLE  OR
 SATELLITE  TELEVISION,  OR ONLINE PLATFORM THAT FAILS TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY  UP  TO
 ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH VIOLATION.
   §  6.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 communications made on or after the sixtieth  day  next  succeeding  the
 date on which it shall have become a law.

                                  PART B
 
   Section  1.  Section  5-212  of the election law is REPEALED and a new
 section 5-212 is added to read as follows:
   § 5-212. MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION. 1. IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER METH-
 OD OF VOTER REGISTRATION PROVIDED FOR IN  THIS  ARTICLE,  ANY  QUALIFIED
 PERSON  SHALL  BE  AUTOMATICALLY APPLIED FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT
 SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH AND UPON APPLICATION FOR A  MOTOR  VEHICLE  DRIVER'S
 LICENSE,  A DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD IF SUCH A
 CARD IS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES IN ITS NORMAL  COURSE
 OF  BUSINESS  UNLESS SUCH QUALIFIED PERSON DECLINES SUCH APPLICATION FOR
 REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT AT THE TIME OF MAKING AN APPLICATION  FOR  A
 MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER'S LICENSE, DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL OR AN IDENTIFI-
 CATION  CARD  IF SUCH CARD IS ISSUED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES
 IN ITS NORMAL COURSE OF BUSINESS.
   2. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, WITH THE APPROVAL  OF  THE  STATE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS, SHALL DESIGN A FORM OR FORMS WHICH SHALL, IN ADDI-
 TION TO ELICITING SUCH INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  MOTOR VEHICLES FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A DRIVER'S LICENSE RENEWAL, A
 CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD,  SERVE  AS  AN
 APPLICATION  FOR REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT, OR A REGISTRATION NECESSI-
 TATED BY A CHANGE OF RESIDENCE.  ONLY ONE SIGNATURE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO
 MEET THE CERTIFICATION AND ATTESTATION NEEDS OF THE PORTION OF THE  FORM
 PERTAINING TO THE APPLICATION FOR A DRIVER'S LICENSE, A DRIVER'S LICENSE
 RENEWAL, A CHANGE OF ADDRESS NOTIFICATION OR AN IDENTIFICATION CARD, AND
 THE PORTION OF THE FORM PERTAINING TO VOTER REGISTRATION AND ENROLLMENT.
 THE  COST  OF SUCH FORMS SHALL BE BORNE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHI-
 CLES.
   3. THE VOTER REGISTRATION PORTION OF SUCH FORM SHALL:
   (A) NOT  REQUIRE  ANY  INFORMATION  THAT  DUPLICATES  THE  INFORMATION
 REQUIRED  ON  THE  APPLICATION  FOR THE DRIVER LICENSE PORTION AND SHALL
 REQUIRE ONLY SUCH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AS WILL ENABLE  ELECTION  OFFI-
 CIALS TO ASSESS THE APPLICANT'S ELIGIBILITY TO REGISTER TO VOTE, PREVENT

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 DUPLICATE  REGISTRATION  AND  TO ADMINISTER VOTER REGISTRATION AND OTHER
 PARTS OF THE ELECTION PROCESS;
   (B)  INCLUDE  A  STATEMENT  OF  THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR VOTER
 REGISTRATION AND SHALL REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO ATTEST  BY  HIS  OR  HER
 SIGNATURE  THAT  HE  OR  SHE  MEETS  THOSE REQUIREMENTS UNDER PENALTY OF
 PERJURY UNLESS SUCH APPLICANT DECLINES SUCH REGISTRATION;
   (C) INFORM THE APPLICANT, IN PRINT  IDENTICAL  TO  THAT  USED  IN  THE
 ATTESTATION SECTION OF THE FOLLOWING:
   (I) VOTER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS;
   (II) PENALTIES FOR SUBMISSION OF FALSE REGISTRATION APPLICATION;
   (III) THAT THE OFFICE WHERE APPLICANT REGISTERS SHALL REMAIN CONFIDEN-
 TIAL AND THE INFORMATION BE USED ONLY FOR VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES;
   (IV)  IF THE APPLICANT DECLINES TO REGISTER, SUCH APPLICANT'S DECLINA-
 TION SHALL REMAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND BE USED ONLY FOR  VOTER  REGISTRATION
 PURPOSES;
   (D)  INCLUDE  A BOX FOR THE APPLICANT TO CHECK TO INDICATE WHETHER THE
 APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DECLINE TO  REGISTER  TO  VOTE  ALONG  WITH  THE
 STATEMENT  IN PROMINENT TYPE, "IF YOU DO NOT CHECK THIS BOX, YOU PROVIDE
 YOUR SIGNATURE ON THE SPACE PROVIDED BELOW, AND  YOU  ARE  AT  LEAST  18
 YEARS  OF  AGE OR OLDER, YOU WILL HAVE PERSONALLY APPLIED TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE AT THIS TIME.";
   (E) INCLUDE A SPACE FOR THE APPLICANT TO INDICATE HIS OR HER CHOICE OF
 PARTY ENROLLMENT, WITH A CLEAR ALTERNATIVE PROVIDED FOR THE APPLICANT TO
 DECLINE TO AFFILIATE WITH ANY PARTY;
   (F) INCLUDE THE STATEMENT, "IF YOU WOULD LIKE HELP IN FILLING OUT  THE
 VOTER  REGISTRATION  APPLICATION  FORM,  WE  WILL HELP YOU. THE DECISION
 WHETHER TO SEEK OR ACCEPT HELP IS YOURS. YOU MAY FILL OUT  THE  APPLICA-
 TION FORM IN PRIVATE.";
   (G) INCLUDE THE STATEMENT, "IF YOU BELIEVE THAT SOMEONE HAS INTERFERED
 WITH  YOUR  RIGHT TO REGISTER OR DECLINE TO REGISTER TO VOTE, YOUR RIGHT
 TO PRIVACY IN DECIDING WHETHER TO REGISTER OR IN APPLYING TO REGISTER TO
 VOTE, OR YOUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE YOUR OWN POLITICAL PARTY  OR  OTHER  POLI-
 TICAL  PREFERENCE,  YOU  MAY  FILE  A  COMPLAINT WITH THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS (ADDRESS AND TOLL FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER).";
   (H) INCLUDE A TOLL FREE NUMBER AT THE STATE BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  THAT
 CAN BE CALLED FOR ANSWERS TO REGISTRATION QUESTIONS; AND
   (I) INCLUDE ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT IS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THE
 REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION ACT.
   4. THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL TRANSMIT THAT PORTION OF THE
 FORM  WHICH  CONSTITUTES  THE  COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OR
 CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM TO THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  NOT  LATER
 THAN  TEN DAYS AFTER RECEIPT EXCEPT THAT ALL SUCH COMPLETED APPLICATIONS
 AND FORMS RECEIVED BY SUCH DEPARTMENT BETWEEN THE THIRTIETH AND  TWENTY-
 FIFTH  DAY BEFORE AN ELECTION SHALL BE TRANSMITTED IN SUCH MANNER AND AT
 SUCH TIME AS TO ASSURE THEIR RECEIPT BY  SUCH  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  NOT
 LATER  THAN  THE  TWENTIETH  DAY BEFORE SUCH ELECTION.  ALL TRANSMITTALS
 SHALL INCLUDE ORIGINAL SIGNATURES.
   5. COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS RECEIVED BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  MOTOR
 VEHICLES  NOT  LATER  THAN  THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY BEFORE THE NEXT ENSUING
 PRIMARY, GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION AND TRANSMITTED BY SUCH  DEPARTMENT
 TO  THE  APPROPRIATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS SO THAT THEY ARE RECEIVED NOT
 LATER THAN THE TWENTIETH DAY BEFORE  SUCH  ELECTION  SHALL  ENTITLE  THE
 APPLICANT  TO  VOTE  IN SUCH ELECTION PROVIDED THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT
 THE APPLICANT IS OTHERWISE QUALIFIED.
   6. DISCLOSURE OF VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION, INCLUDING A  DECLINA-
 TION  TO  REGISTER,  BY  THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, ITS AGENTS OR

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 EMPLOYEES, FOR OTHER THAN VOTER REGISTRATION PURPOSES, SHALL  BE  DEEMED
 AN  UNWARRANTED  INVASION OF PERSONAL PRIVACY PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW AND
 SHALL CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS CHAPTER.
   7.  APPLICATION  FORMS SHALL BE PROCESSED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN
 THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE OR, IF  THE  APPLI-
 CANT  IS  ALREADY REGISTERED TO VOTE FROM ANOTHER ADDRESS IN SUCH COUNTY
 OR CITY, IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 5-208 OF  THIS  TITLE.  THE
 BOARD  SHALL  SEND  THE  APPROPRIATE  NOTICE OF APPROVAL OR REJECTION AS
 REQUIRED BY EITHER SUBDIVISION NINE OF SUCH SECTION 5-210 OR SUBDIVISION
 FIVE OF SUCH SECTION 5-208.
   8. STRICT NEUTRALITY WITH RESPECT TO A PERSON'S PARTY ENROLLMENT SHALL
 BE MAINTAINED AND ALL  PERSONS  SEEKING  VOTER  REGISTRATION  FORMS  AND
 INFORMATION  SHALL  BE  ADVISED  THAT GOVERNMENT SERVICES ARE NOT CONDI-
 TIONED ON BEING REGISTERED TO VOTE.
   9. NO STATEMENT SHALL BE MADE NOR ANY ACTION TAKEN TO  DISCOURAGE  THE
 APPLICANT FROM REGISTERING TO VOTE.
   10.  THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL PROVIDE TO EACH PERSON WHO
 CHOOSES TO REGISTER TO VOTE THE SAME LEVEL  OF  ASSISTANCE  PROVIDED  TO
 PERSONS  IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE  COMPLETION OF THE AGENCY'S REQUISITE
 INFORMATION, UNLESS SUCH PERSON REFUSES SUCH ASSISTANCE.
   11. THE STATE BOARD SHALL ADOPT SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AS  MAY  BE
 NECESSARY TO CARRY OUT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION. THE BOARD SHALL
 ALSO  ADOPT  SUCH  RULES  AND REGULATIONS AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO REQUIRE
 COUNTY BOARDS AND THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO PROVIDE THE  STATE
 BOARD  WITH  SUCH  INFORMATION  AND DATA AS THE BOARD DEEMS NECESSARY TO
 ASSESS COMPLIANCE WITH THIS SECTION AND TO COMPILE  SUCH  STATISTICS  AS
 MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS COMMISSION.
   12.  THE  STATE  BOARD SHALL DEVELOP AND DISTRIBUTE PUBLIC INFORMATION
 AND PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS RELATING TO THE PURPOSES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF
 THIS PROGRAM.
   13. THE STATE BOARD SHALL PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE TO THE DEPARTMENT  OF
 MOTOR  VEHICLES  WRITTEN  INSTRUCTIONS  AS  TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
 PROGRAM AND SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ESTABLISHING TRAINING PROGRAMS  FOR
 EMPLOYEES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES INVOLVED IN SUCH PROGRAM.
   14.  THE  COMMISSIONER  OF MOTOR VEHICLES SHALL TAKE ALL ACTIONS WHICH
 ARE NECESSARY AND PROPER FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION  OF  THIS  SECTION.  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF  MOTOR  VEHICLES  SHALL DESIGNATE ONE PERSON WITHIN THE
 AGENCY AS THE AGENCY VOTER REGISTRATION COORDINATOR WHO WILL, UNDER  THE
 DIRECTION  OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VOTER
 REGISTRATION PROGRAM IN SUCH AGENCY.
   15. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION SIX OF SECTION 5-210 OF THIS TITLE AND
 ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, AN APPLICANT WHO IS  LESS  THAN  EIGHTEEN
 YEARS  OF AGE WHO IMPROPERLY FAILS TO DECLINE TO VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT BE GUILTY OF ANY CRIME  AS  THE
 RESULT OF THE APPLICANT'S FAILURE TO MAKE SUCH DECLINATION.
   §  2.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 5-712 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (a)  The  board  of elections shall also send a confirmation notice to
 every registered voter for whom  it  receives  a  notice  of  change  of
 address  to an address not in such city or county which is not signed by
 the voter.  Such change of address notices shall  include,  but  not  be
 limited  to,  notices of change of address received pursuant to subdivi-
 sion eleven of section 5-211 and subdivision [six] FOUR of section 5-212
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 Postal Service through the National Change of Address System or from any
 other  agency  of  the  federal government or any agency of any state or
 local government and notice of a forwarding address on mail  sent  to  a
 voter by the board of elections and returned by the postal service. Such
 confirmation notices shall be sent to such new address.
   §  3. Subdivision 5 of section 5-210 of the election law is amended by
 adding a new paragraph (n) to read as follows:
   (N) THE FORM OF APPLICATION REQUIRED BY SECTION 5-212  OF  THIS  TITLE
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   § 4. Subdivision 27 of section 1-104 of the election law is amended to
 read as follows:
   27.  The  term "personal application" means a signed writing which may
 be delivered by mailing [or], in person, OR ELECTRONICALLY.
   § 5. Section 3-400 of the election law is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 ELECTION INSPECTORS OR POLL CLERKS, IF ANY, AT POLLING PLACES FOR  EARLY
 VOTING,  SHALL  CONSIST OF EITHER BOARD OF ELECTIONS EMPLOYEES WHO SHALL
 BE APPOINTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF SUCH BOARD OR DULY QUALIFIED  INDI-
 VIDUALS, APPOINTED IN THE MANNER SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION. APPOINTMENTS
 TO THE OFFICES OF ELECTION INSPECTOR OR POLL CLERK IN EACH POLLING PLACE
 FOR  EARLY  VOTING  SHALL BE EQUALLY DIVIDED BETWEEN THE MAJOR POLITICAL
 PARTIES. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  SHALL  ASSIGN  STAFF  AND  PROVIDE  THE
 RESOURCES THEY REQUIRE TO ENSURE WAIT TIMES AT EARLY VOTING SITES DO NOT
 EXCEED THIRTY MINUTES.
   §  6.  Section  4-117  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
   1-A. THE NOTICE REQUIRED BY SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
 INCLUDE  THE  DATES, HOURS AND LOCATIONS OF EARLY VOTING FOR THE GENERAL
 AND PRIMARY ELECTION. THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  MAY  SATISFY  THE  NOTICE
 REQUIREMENT  OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY PROVIDING IN THE NOTICE INSTRUCTIONS
 TO OBTAIN THE REQUIRED EARLY VOTING INFORMATION FROM A  WEBSITE  OF  THE
 BOARD  OF ELECTIONS AND PROVIDING A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL FOR SUCH INFOR-
 MATION.
   § 7. Subdivision 2 of section 8-100 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 367 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Polls shall be open for voting during the following hours: a prima-
 ry election from twelve o'clock noon until nine o'clock in the  evening,
 except  in  the  city  of  New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk,
 Westchester, Rockland, Orange, Putnam, Dutchess and Erie,  and  in  such
 city or county from six o'clock in the morning until nine o'clock in the
 evening; the general election from six o'clock in the morning until nine
 o'clock in the evening; a special election called by the governor pursu-
 ant  to  the  public  officers law, and, except as otherwise provided by
 law, every other election, from six o'clock in the  morning  until  nine
 o'clock  in  the  evening;  EARLY  VOTING  HOURS SHALL BE AS PROVIDED IN
 SECTION 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 8. Subdivision 1 of section 8-102 of the election law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph (k) to read as follows:
   (K)  VOTING  AT EACH POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE CONDUCTED
 IN A MANNER CONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  WITH  THE
 EXCEPTION  OF  THE TABULATION AND PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION RESULTS WHICH
 SHALL BE COMPLETED ACCORDING TO SUBDIVISIONS EIGHT AND NINE  OF  SECTION
 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  9.  Section  8-104  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:

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   7. THIS SECTION SHALL APPLY ON ALL EARLY VOTING DAYS AS  PROVIDED  FOR
 IN SECTION 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  10. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 8-508 of the election
 law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  The second section of such report shall be reserved for the board
 of inspectors to enter the name, address and registration serial  number
 of each person who is challenged on the day of election OR ON ANY DAY IN
 WHICH  THERE  IS EARLY VOTING PURSUANT TO SECTION 8-600 OF THIS ARTICLE,
 together with the reason for the challenge.   If  no  voters  are  chal-
 lenged,  the  board  of inspectors shall enter the words "No Challenges"
 across the space reserved for such names. In lieu of  preparing  section
 two of the challenge report, the board of elections may provide, next to
 the  name  of  each voter on the computer generated registration list, a
 place for the inspectors of election to record the information  required
 to be entered in such section two, or provide at the end of such comput-
 er  generated  registration list, a place for the inspectors of election
 to enter such information.
   § 11. Article 8 of the election law is amended by adding a new title 6
 to read as follows:
                                 TITLE VI
                               EARLY VOTING
 SECTION 8-600. EARLY VOTING.
         8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS  AND  DUTIES  FOR  EARLY
                  VOTING.
   §  8-600.  EARLY  VOTING. 1. BEGINNING THE THIRTEENTH DAY PRIOR TO ANY
 GENERAL, PRIMARY OR SPECIAL ELECTION FOR ANY PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE, AND
 ENDING ON AND INCLUDING THE SECOND DAY PRIOR TO SUCH GENERAL, PRIMARY OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR SUCH PUBLIC OR PARTY OFFICE,  PERSONS  DULY  REGIS-
 TERED  AND  ELIGIBLE TO VOTE AT SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VOTE
 AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE.  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF  EACH  COUNTY  AND
 THE  CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL ESTABLISH PROCEDURES, SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF
 THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS WHO VOTE DURING THE
 EARLY VOTING PERIOD SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO VOTE SUBSEQUENTLY  IN  THE
 SAME ELECTION.
   2.  (A)  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 SHALL DESIGNATE POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING IN  EACH  COUNTY,  WHICH
 MAY  INCLUDE  THE OFFICES OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, FOR PERSONS TO VOTE
 EARLY PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. THERE SHALL BE SO  DESIGNATED  AT  LEAST
 ONE  EARLY  VOTING POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY FULL INCREMENT OF FIFTY THOU-
 SAND REGISTERED VOTERS IN EACH COUNTY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE NUMBER  OF
 EARLY  VOTING  POLLING  PLACES  IN  A COUNTY SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO BE
 GREATER THAN SEVEN, AND A COUNTY WITH FEWER THAN FIFTY  THOUSAND  VOTERS
 SHALL HAVE AT LEAST ONE EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACE.
   (B)  THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAY
 ESTABLISH ADDITIONAL POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING IN  EXCESS  OF  THE
 MINIMUM  NUMBER  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION  FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF
 ELIGIBLE VOTERS WISHING TO VOTE DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE MINIMUM NUMBER  OF  EARLY  VOTING  POLL  SITES
 OTHERWISE  REQUIRED  BY  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  FOR  ANY PRIMARY OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION, UPON MAJORITY VOTE OF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,  THE  NUMBER  OF
 EARLY  VOTING  SITES MAY BE REDUCED IF THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REASONABLY
 DETERMINES A LESSER NUMBER OF SITES IS SUFFICIENT TO MEET THE  NEEDS  OF
 EARLY VOTERS.
   (D) POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING SHALL BE LOCATED TO ENSURE, TO THE
 EXTENT PRACTICABLE, THAT ELIGIBLE VOTERS HAVE ADEQUATE EQUITABLE ACCESS,

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 TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION POPULATION DENSITY, TRAVEL TIME TO THE POLLING
 PLACE,  PROXIMITY  TO  OTHER  LOCATIONS  OR COMMONLY USED TRANSPORTATION
 ROUTES AND SUCH OTHER FACTORS THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF  THE  COUNTY  OR
 THE  CITY OF NEW YORK DEEMS APPROPRIATE. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 4-104
 OF THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT SUBDIVISIONS FOUR  AND  FIVE  OF  SUCH  SECTION,
 SHALL APPLY TO THE DESIGNATION OF POLLING PLACES FOR EARLY VOTING EXCEPT
 TO THE EXTENT SUCH PROVISIONS ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THIS SECTION.
   3.  ANY  PERSON PERMITTED TO VOTE EARLY MAY DO SO AT ANY POLLING PLACE
 FOR EARLY VOTING ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION
 IN THE COUNTY WHERE SUCH VOTER IS REGISTERED TO VOTE. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 (I) IF IT IS IMPRACTICAL TO PROVIDE EACH POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY  VOTING
 ALL  APPROPRIATE BALLOTS FOR EACH ELECTION TO BE VOTED ON IN THE COUNTY,
 OR (II) IF PERMITTING SUCH PERSONS TO VOTE EARLY AT  ANY  POLLING  PLACE
 ESTABLISHED  FOR  EARLY  VOTING WOULD MAKE IT IMPRACTICAL TO ENSURE THAT
 SUCH VOTER HAS NOT PREVIOUSLY VOTED  EARLY  DURING  SUCH  ELECTION,  THE
 BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  MAY  DESIGNATE EACH POLLING PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING
 ONLY FOR THOSE VOTERS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN A PORTION OF THE  COUNTY  TO
 BE  SERVED  BY  SUCH  POLLING  PLACE FOR EARLY VOTING, PROVIDED THAT ALL
 VOTERS IN EACH COUNTY SHALL HAVE ONE OR MORE  POLLING  PLACES  AT  WHICH
 THEY  ARE  ELIGIBLE  TO  VOTE  THROUGHOUT  THE  EARLY VOTING PERIOD ON A
 SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL BASIS.
   4. (A) POLLS SHALL BE OPEN FOR EARLY VOTING FOR AT LEAST  EIGHT  HOURS
 BETWEEN  SEVEN  O'CLOCK  IN THE MORNING AND EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING
 EACH WEEK DAY DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (B) AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE FOR  EARLY  VOTING  SHALL  REMAIN  OPEN
 UNTIL  EIGHT  O'CLOCK  IN  THE EVENING ON AT LEAST TWO WEEK DAYS IN EACH
 CALENDAR WEEK DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.   IF  POLLING  PLACES  FOR
 EARLY VOTING ARE LIMITED TO VOTERS FROM CERTAIN AREAS PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  THREE  OF  THIS  SECTION,  POLLING PLACES THAT REMAIN OPEN UNTIL
 EIGHT O'CLOCK SHALL BE DESIGNATED SUCH THAT ANY PERSON ENTITLED TO  VOTE
 EARLY  MAY  VOTE UNTIL EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON AT LEAST TWO WEEK
 DAYS DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (C) POLLS SHALL BE OPEN FOR EARLY  VOTING  FOR  AT  LEAST  FIVE  HOURS
 BETWEEN  NINE  O'CLOCK  IN THE MORNING AND SIX O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING ON
 EACH SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND LEGAL HOLIDAY DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD.
   (D) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PROHIBIT  ANY  BOARD
 OF  ELECTIONS  FROM  ESTABLISHING  A  GREATER NUMBER OF HOURS FOR VOTING
 DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD BEYOND THE NUMBER OF  HOURS  REQUIRED  IN
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (E) EARLY VOTING POLLING PLACES AND THEIR HOURS OF OPERATION FOR EARLY
 VOTING  AT  A  GENERAL ELECTION SHALL BE DESIGNATED BY MAY FIRST OF EACH
 YEAR PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  4-104  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 4-104 OF
 THIS CHAPTER REQUIRING POLL SITE DESIGNATION BY MAY FIRST, EARLY  VOTING
 POLLING  PLACES  AND  THEIR  HOURS  OF  OPERATION FOR EARLY VOTING FOR A
 PRIMARY OR SPECIAL ELECTION SHALL BE MADE NOT LATER THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS
 BEFORE SUCH PRIMARY OR SPECIAL ELECTION.
   5. EACH BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL CREATE A COMMUNICATION PLAN TO INFORM
 ELIGIBLE VOTERS OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE EARLY.  SUCH PLAN MAY UTILIZE
 ANY AND ALL MEDIA OUTLETS, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA, AND SHALL  PUBLICIZE:
 THE  LOCATION AND DATES AND HOURS OF OPERATION OF ALL POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING; AN INDICATION OF WHETHER EACH POLLING PLACE IS  ACCESSIBLE
 TO  VOTERS WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES; A CLEAR AND UNAMBIGUOUS NOTICE TO
 VOTERS THAT IF THEY CAST A BALLOT DURING THE EARLY  VOTING  PERIOD  THEY
 WILL  NOT  BE  ALLOWED  TO  VOTE ELECTION DAY; AND IF POLLING PLACES FOR
 EARLY VOTING ARE LIMITED TO VOTERS FROM CERTAIN AREAS PURSUANT TO SUBDI-

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 VISION THREE OF THIS SECTION, THE LOCATION OF  THE  POLLING  PLACES  FOR
 EARLY  VOTING  SERVING THE VOTERS OF EACH PARTICULAR CITY, TOWN OR OTHER
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
   6.  THE  FORM  OF PAPER BALLOTS USED IN EARLY VOTING SHALL COMPLY WITH
 THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER THAT ARE  APPLICABLE  TO
 VOTING  BY PAPER BALLOT ON ELECTION DAY AND SUCH BALLOT SHALL BE CAST IN
 THE SAME MANNER AS PROVIDED  FOR  IN  SECTION  8-312  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  BALLOTS  CAST  DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD
 SHALL BE SECURED IN THE MANNER OF VOTED BALLOTS CAST ON ELECTION DAY AND
 SUCH BALLOTS SHALL NOT BE CANVASSED OR EXAMINED UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSE OF
 THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY, AND NO  UNOFFICIAL  TABULATIONS  OF  ELECTION
 RESULTS  SHALL  BE PRINTED OR VIEWED IN ANY MANNER UNTIL AFTER THE CLOSE
 OF POLLS ON ELECTION DAY.
   7. VOTERS CASTING BALLOTS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE SHALL BE  SUBJECT  TO
 CHALLENGE  AS  PROVIDED IN SECTIONS 8-500, 8-502 AND 8-504 OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE.
   8. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER, AT THE END OF
 EACH DAY OF EARLY VOTING, ANY EARLY VOTING BALLOTS THAT  HAVE  NOT  BEEN
 SCANNED BECAUSE A BALLOT SCANNER WAS NOT AVAILABLE OR BECAUSE THE BALLOT
 HAS BEEN ABANDONED BY THE VOTER AT THE BALLOT SCANNER SHALL BE CAST IN A
 MANNER  CONSISTENT  WITH  SECTION 9-110 OF THIS CHAPTER, EXCEPT THAT ANY
 BALLOTS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE SCANNED AT THE CLOSE OF THE POLLS PURSU-
 ANT TO SUCH SECTION SHALL BE SCANNED AT THE CLOSE OF  EACH  DAY'S  EARLY
 VOTING.
   9.  THE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL SECURE ALL BALLOTS AND SCANNERS USED
 FOR EARLY VOTING FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EARLY VOTING  PERIOD  THROUGH
 THE  CLOSE  OF THE POLLS OF THE ELECTION ON ELECTION DAY. AS SOON AS THE
 POLLS OF THE ELECTION ARE  CLOSED  ON  ELECTION  DAY,  AND  NOT  BEFORE,
 INSPECTORS  OR  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS EMPLOYEES SHALL FOLLOW ALL RELEVANT
 PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE NINE OF THIS CHAPTER  THAT  ARE  NOT  INCONSISTENT
 WITH THIS SECTION, FOR CANVASSING, PROCESSING, RECORDING, AND ANNOUNCING
 RESULTS  OF  VOTING  AT  POLLING  PLACES  FOR EARLY VOTING, AND SECURING
 BALLOTS, SCANNERS, AND OTHER ELECTION MATERIALS.
   § 8-602. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS; POWERS AND DUTIES FOR EARLY VOTING.
 ANY  RULE  OR  REGULATION  NECESSARY  FOR  THE  IMPLEMENTATION  OF   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  TITLE  SHALL  BE PROMULGATED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE
 PROVISIONS  TO  ENSURE  THAT  BALLOTS  CAST EARLY, BY ANY METHOD ALLOWED
 UNDER LAW, ARE COUNTED AND CANVASSED AS IF CAST  ON  ELECTION  DAY.  THE
 STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  PROMULGATE ANY OTHER RULES AND REGU-
 LATIONS NECESSARY TO ENSURE AN EFFICIENT AND FAIR EARLY  VOTING  PROCESS
 THAT  RESPECTS  THE  PRIVACY  OF THE VOTER. PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT SUCH
 RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE THAT THE VOTING HISTORY  RECORD  FOR
 EACH  VOTER  BE  CONTINUALLY  UPDATED  TO REFLECT EACH INSTANCE OF EARLY
 VOTING BY SUCH VOTER.
   § 12. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to  any
 election  held  120  days  or  more  after  it  shall have taken effect;
 provided, however that sections one, two, three and  four  of  this  act
 shall take effect April 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART C
 
   Section  1. The public officers law is amended by adding a new section
 74-b to read as follows:

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   § 74-B. DUTY OF MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE REGARDING  OUTSIDE  EMPLOY-
 MENT.  A  MEMBER  OF  THE LEGISLATURE, WHO OBTAINS OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AS
 DEFINED IN THIS SECTION, SHALL REQUEST A FORMAL  ADVISORY  OPINION  FROM
 THE  LEGISLATIVE ETHICS COMMISSION PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION
 EIGHTY OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW ON WHETHER THE OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT VIOLATES
 THE  PROVISIONS  OF SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE AND THE COMMIS-
 SION SHALL PROVIDE AN OPINION. FOR PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  "OUTSIDE
 EMPLOYMENT"  MEANS  COMPENSATION  IN EXCESS OF FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER
 YEAR, OTHER THAN COMPENSATION PROVIDED PURSUANT  TO  SECTIONS  FIVE  AND
 FIVE-A  OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW, FROM EMPLOYMENT FOR SERVICES RENDERED OR
 GOODS SOLD DURING THE MEMBER'S TERM.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 80 of the legislative law, as amended by
 section 9 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  There  is  established a legislative ethics commission which shall
 consist of [nine] TEN members. Four members  shall  be  members  of  the
 legislature  and  shall  be  appointed  as follows: one by the temporary
 president of the senate, one by the speaker of the assembly, one by  the
 minority  leader  of  the  senate  and one by the minority leader of the
 assembly. ONE OF THE SIX REMAINING MEMBERS  MUST  BE  APPOINTED  BY  THE
 OFFICE  OF  COURT  ADMINISTRATION, AND SHALL BE THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE
 LAW JUDGE OR HIS OR HER DESIGNEE AND SHALL BE  APPOINTED  ONLY  FOR  THE
 PURPOSE  OF  REVIEWING  AND  RESPONDING  TO REQUESTS FOR FORMAL ADVISORY
 OPINIONS ON OUTSIDE INCOME. The remaining  five  members  shall  not  be
 present  or  former members of the legislature, candidates for member of
 the legislature, employees of the legislature, political party  chairmen
 as  defined in paragraph (k) of subdivision one of section seventy-three
 of the public officers law, or lobbyists, as defined in section one-c of
 this chapter, or persons who have been  employees  of  the  legislature,
 political  party chairmen as defined in paragraph (k) of subdivision one
 of section seventy-three of the public officers law,  or  lobbyists,  as
 defined in section one-c of this chapter in the previous five years, and
 shall  be  appointed  as  follows: one by the temporary president of the
 senate, one by the speaker of the assembly, one by the  minority  leader
 of  the  senate,  one  by  the  minority leader of the assembly, and one
 jointly by the speaker of  the  assembly  and  majority  leader  of  the
 senate. The commission shall serve as described in this section and have
 and  exercise  the powers and duties set forth in this section only with
 respect to members of the legislature, legislative employees as  defined
 in  section  seventy-three  of  the  public officers law, candidates for
 member of the legislature and individuals who have  formerly  held  such
 positions or who have formerly been such candidates.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART D
 
   Section 1. Section 14-116 of the election law, subdivision 1 as redes-
 ignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision 2 as amended by
 chapter 260 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
   §  14-116.  Political  contributions  by certain organizations. 1.  No
 corporation [or], LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock association  OR
 OTHER  CORPORATE  ENTITY  doing  business in this state, except a corpo-
 ration or association organized or  maintained  for  political  purposes
 only, shall directly or indirectly pay or use or offer, consent or agree
 to  pay  or  use  any  money  or property for or in aid of any political
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 LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock [or other] association, OR  OTHER
 CORPORATE ENTITY organized or maintained for political purposes, or for,
 or  in  aid of, any candidate for political office or for nomination for
 such  office,  or  for  any  political  purpose  whatever,  or  for  the
 reimbursement or indemnification of any person for moneys or property so
 used. Any officer, director, stock-holder, MEMBER,  OWNER,  attorney  or
 agent  of  any  corporation [or], LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, joint-stock
 association  OR  OTHER  CORPORATE  ENTITY  which  violates  any  of  the
 provisions  of this section, who participates in, aids, abets or advises
 or consents to any such violations, and any person who solicits or know-
 ingly receives any money or property in violation of this section, shall
 be guilty of a misdemeanor.
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this  section,
 any  corporation or an organization financially supported in whole or in
 part, by such corporation, ANY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OR OTHER CORPO-
 RATE ENTITY may make expenditures, including contributions,  not  other-
 wise  prohibited  by  law,  for  political purposes, in an amount not to
 exceed five thousand dollars in the  aggregate  in  any  calendar  year;
 provided  that  no  public  utility shall use revenues received from the
 rendition of public service within the state for contributions for poli-
 tical purposes unless such cost is charged to the shareholders of such a
 public service corporation.
   3. EACH LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY THAT MAKES AN EXPENDITURE FOR  POLI-
 TICAL PURPOSES SHALL FILE WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, BY DECEMBER
 THIRTY-FIRST  OF  THE YEAR IN WHICH THE EXPENDITURE IS MADE, ON THE FORM
 PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, THE IDENTITY OF  ALL  DIRECT
 AND INDIRECT OWNERS OF THE MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY
 COMPANY AND THE PROPORTION OF EACH DIRECT OR INDIRECT MEMBER'S OWNERSHIP
 INTEREST IN THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
   §  2.  Section  14-120  of the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ALL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
 TO A CAMPAIGN OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE  BY  A  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY
 SHALL  BE  ATTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY IN
 PROPORTION TO THE MEMBER'S OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THE  LIMITED  LIABILITY
 COMPANY.
   (B)  IF,  BY  APPLICATION  OF  PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS SUBDIVISION, A
 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION IS ATTRIBUTED TO A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY,  THE
 CONTRIBUTIONS  SHALL BE FURTHER ATTRIBUTED TO EACH MEMBER OF THE LIMITED
 LIABILITY COMPANY IN PROPORTION TO THE MEMBER'S  OWNERSHIP  INTEREST  IN
 THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY.
   (C)  THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL ENACT REGULATIONS THAT PREVENT
 THE AVOIDANCE OF THE RULES SET FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (A) AND  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
                                  PART E
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section  94  of the executive law, as
 amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 399 of the laws  of  2011,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. There is established within the department of state a joint commis-
 sion  on public ethics which shall consist of fourteen members and shall
 have and exercise the powers and duties set forth in this  section  with
 respect  to  statewide elected officials, members of the legislature and
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 defined  in  sections  seventy-three  and  seventy-three-a of the public
 officers law, candidates for statewide elected office and for the senate
 or assembly, and the political party chairman as that term is defined in
 section  seventy-three-a  of  the public officers law, lobbyists and the
 clients of lobbyists as such terms are defined in article one-A  of  the
 legislative  law, and individuals who have formerly held such positions,
 were lobbyists or clients of lobbyists, as such  terms  are  defined  in
 article  one-A  of  the  legislative law, or who have formerly been such
 candidates. THE COMMISSION SHALL ALSO HAVE AND EXERCISE THE  POWERS  SET
 FORTH IN THIS SECTION WITH RESPECT TO COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AS SUCH
 TERM  IS  DEFINED  IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL
 LAW, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE JURISDICTION OF THE JOINT COMMISSION ON
 PUBLIC ETHICS WITH RESPECT TO SUCH COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS  SHALL  BE
 LIMITED  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION RELATING TO THE FILING OF
 ACCURATE  ANNUAL  STATEMENTS  OF  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE,  AND  PROVIDED,
 FURTHER,  IF THE COMMISSION HAS A REASONABLE BASIS TO BELIEVE THAT THERE
 ARE ETHICAL OR LEGAL ISSUES OUTSIDE ITS JURISDICTION, BUT RELATED TO THE
 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, SUCH ISSUES SHALL BE  REFERRED
 TO  THE  APPROPRIATE BODY AS DEFINED IN SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TEN OF THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FROM THE COUNTY WHERE THE
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IS LOCATED. This section shall not  be  deemed  to
 have revoked or rescinded any regulations or advisory opinions issued by
 the  legislative  ethics commission, the commission on public integrity,
 the state ethics commission and the  temporary  lobbying  commission  in
 effect  upon  the  effective date of chapter fourteen of the laws of two
 thousand seven which amended this section to the extent that such  regu-
 lations  or  opinions  are not inconsistent with any law of the state of
 New York, but such regulations and opinions shall apply only to  matters
 over  which  such  commissions  had  jurisdiction at the time such regu-
 lations and opinions were promulgated or issued.  The  commission  shall
 undertake  a  comprehensive review of all such regulations and opinions,
 which will address the consistency  of  such  regulations  and  opinions
 among  each other and with the new statutory language, and of the effec-
 tiveness of the existing laws, regulations, guidance and ethics enforce-
 ment structure to address the ethics of  covered  public  officials  and
 related  parties.  Such  review  shall be conducted with the legislative
 ethics commission and, to the extent  possible,  the  report's  findings
 shall reflect the full input and deliberations of both commissions after
 joint  consultation.  The  commission  shall, before February first, two
 thousand fifteen, report to the governor and legislature regarding  such
 review  and  shall propose any regulatory or statutory changes and issue
 any advisory opinions necessitated by such review.
   § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 19 of  section  94
 of  the  executive law, as amended by section 6 of part A of chapter 399
 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (1) the information set forth in  an  annual  statement  of  financial
 disclosure filed pursuant to section seventy-three-a of the public offi-
 cers  law  AND  PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED
 ELEVEN AND SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED TWELVE OF THE GENER-
 AL MUNICIPAL LAW, except information deleted pursuant to  paragraph  (h)
 of subdivision nine of this section;
   §  3.  Section 810 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13. "COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER" MEANS (A) ANY  INDIVIDUAL  ELECTED  TO
 SERVE  THE  GOVERNMENT OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHO RECEIVES COMPEN-
 SATION OF FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ANNUALLY  FROM  SUCH  MUNICIPAL

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 CORPORATION  AS  WELL  AS  (B)  ANY  INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EITHER ELECTED OR
 APPOINTED TO SERVE AS COUNTY EXECUTIVE, COUNTY MANAGER, OR CHAIR OF  THE
 COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
   §  4.  Section 811 of the general municipal law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. (A) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION PROVID-
 ING FOR THE ANNUAL FILING OF AN ANNUAL STATEMENT  OF  FINANCIAL  DISCLO-
 SURE,  A  COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE THE ANNUAL
 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SET FORTH IN  SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A
 OF  THE  PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS,
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER A COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER  MAY  SATISFY  THE  FILING
 REQUIREMENTS  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION BY FILING A COPY OF THE STATEMENT OF
 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF (A-1) OF  SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF THIS SECTION WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS ON
 OR BEFORE THE FILING DEADLINE PROVIDED IN SECTION SEVENTY-THREE-A OF THE
 PUBLIC  OFFICERS  LAW,  IF  SUCH STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED
 PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION
 HAS  BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS PURSU-
 ANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) THE GOVERNING BODY OF  EACH  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  MAY  ADOPT  A
 RESOLUTION  TO REQUEST AUTHORIZATION FROM THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC
 ETHICS FOR ITS COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS TO FILE WITH THE JOINT COMMIS-
 SION ON PUBLIC ETHICS A  COPY  OF  THE  ANNUAL  STATEMENT  OF  FINANCIAL
 DISCLOSURE  FILED  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF SUBDIVISION ONE
 OF THIS SECTION TO SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF A COVERED  MUNICI-
 PAL  OFFICER  OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION. THE JOINT COMMISSION
 ON PUBLIC ETHICS SHALL PROMPTLY MAKE A DETERMINATION IN RESPONSE TO EACH
 REQUEST, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE AN EXPLANATION FOR  ITS  DETERMINATION.  IF
 AUTHORIZATION IS DENIED, THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY AMEND ITS REQUEST
 AND RESUBMIT.
   (C) THE GOVERNING BODY OF EACH MUNICIPAL CORPORATION MAY ADOPT A LOCAL
 LAW, ORDINANCE, OR RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ITS COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
 TO SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OR (A-1) OF SUBDIVI-
 SION  ONE  OF  THIS  SECTION BY FILING A COPY OF THE ANNUAL STATEMENT OF
 FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE AS SET FORTH  IN  SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A  OF  THE
 PUBLIC  OFFICERS LAW FILED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 WITH THE APPROPRIATE BODY.
   § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 812 of  the  general  municipal  law  is
 amended by adding a new paragraph (j) to read as follows:
   (J)  A  COVERED MUNICIPAL OFFICER SHALL BE REQUIRED TO FILE THE ANNUAL
 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE SET FORTH IN  SECTION  SEVENTY-THREE-A
 OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW WITH THE JOINT COMMISSION ON PUBLIC ETHICS. A
 COVERED  MUNICIPAL  OFFICER MAY SATISFY THE FILING REQUIREMENTS OF PARA-
 GRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION BY FILING A COPY OF THE  ANNUAL  STATEMENT
 OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE FILED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH WITH THE APPRO-
 PRIATE BODY.
   § 6. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.
 
                                  PART F
 
   Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding two
 new subdivisions 17 and 18 to read as follows:
   17.  "INTERMEDIARY"  MEANS  AN  INDIVIDUAL,  CORPORATION, PARTNERSHIP,
 POLITICAL COMMITTEE, LABOR ORGANIZATION, OR OTHER  ENTITY  WHICH,  OTHER
 THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY, OR MESSEN-

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 GER  SERVICE, DELIVERS ANY CONTRIBUTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO
 A CANDIDATE OR AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
   "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL  NOT  INCLUDE  SPOUSES,  PARENTS,  CHILDREN,  OR
 SIBLINGS OF THE PERSON MAKING SUCH CONTRIBUTION.
   18. "AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE" MEANS THE SINGLE POLITICAL COMMITTEE DESIG-
 NATED BY A CANDIDATE TO RECEIVE ALL  CONTRIBUTIONS  AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS
 TITLE.
   §  2.  Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 of the election law, as amended
 by chapter 8 and as redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws  of  1978,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  treasurer of every political committee which, or any officer,
 member or agent of any  such  committee  who,  in  connection  with  any
 election,  receives  or  expends  any  money  or other valuable thing or
 incurs any liability to pay money or its equivalent  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 [arti-
 cle] TITLE setting forth all the  receipts,  contributions  to  and  the
 expenditures  by  and liabilities of the committee, and of its officers,
 members and agents in its behalf.  Such  statements  shall  include  the
 dollar  amount  of  any  receipt,  contribution or transfer, or the fair
 market value of any receipt, contribution or transfer,  which  is  other
 than  of  money,  the  name  and address of the transferor, contributor,
 INTERMEDIARY, or person from  whom  received,  and  if  the  transferor,
 contributor,  INTERMEDIARY, or person is a political committee; the name
 of and the political unit represented by the committee, the date of  its
 receipt, the dollar amount of every expenditure, the name and address of
 the  person  to  whom  it was made or the name of and the political unit
 represented by the committee to which it was made and the date  thereof,
 and shall state clearly the purpose of such expenditure. AN INTERMEDIARY
 NEED  NOT  BE  REPORTED  FOR  A  CONTRIBUTION  THAT WAS COLLECTED FROM A
 CONTRIBUTOR IN CONNECTION WITH A PARTY OR OTHER CANDIDATE-RELATED  EVENT
 HELD  AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE PERSON DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION, UNLESS
 THE EXPENSES OF SUCH EVENT AT SUCH RESIDENCE FOR SUCH  CANDIDATE  EXCEED
 FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS OR THE AGGREGATE CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM THAT
 CONTRIBUTOR AT SUCH EVENT EXCEED FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  Any  statement
 reporting  a  loan  shall  have attached to it a copy of the evidence of
 indebtedness. Expenditures in sums  under  fifty  dollars  need  not  be
 specifically  accounted  for  by  separate items in said statements, and
 receipts  and  contributions  aggregating  not  more  than   ninety-nine
 dollars, from any one contributor need not be specifically accounted for
 by  separate  items  in  said  statements,  provided  however, that such
 expenditures, receipts and contributions shall be subject to  the  other
 provisions of section 14-118 of this [article] TITLE.
   §  3.  Subdivision 3 of section 14-124 of the election law, as amended
 by section 1 of part B of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to
 read as follows:
   3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply
 to monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or consti-
 tuted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and carry
 on ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of  promot-
 ing the candidacy of specific candidates, EXCEPT THAT CONTRIBUTIONS MADE
 FOR  SUCH ACTIVITIES TO A PARTY COMMITTEE OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE SHALL
 BE LIMITED TO TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE  AGGREGATE  FROM  EACH
 CONTRIBUTOR  IN  EACH  YEAR; PROVIDED THAT SUCH MONIES DESCRIBED IN THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE DEPOSITED IN A SEGREGATED ACCOUNT.

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   § 4. 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].  THE  RECEIPT OF ANY CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN IN
 EXCESS OF ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS SHALL BE DISCLOSED WITHIN SIXTY  DAYS  OF
 RECEIPT.    SUCH SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE REPORTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY
 OTHER CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN ON THE NEXT APPLICABLE STATEMENT.    HOWEVER,
 any  contribution or loan in excess of one thousand dollars, if received
 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,
 within twenty-four hours after receipt.
   §  5. The article heading of article 14 of the election law is amended
 to read as follows:
   CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES; PUBLIC FINANCING
   § 6. Subdivisions 1 and 10 of section  14-114  of  the  election  law,
 subdivision  1  as  amended and subdivision 10 as added by chapter 79 of
 the laws of 1992 and paragraphs a and b of subdivision 1 as  amended  by
 chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The following limitations apply to all contributions to candidates
 for election to any public office or for nomination for any such office,
 or for election to any party positions,  and  to  all  contributions  to
 political  committees  working directly or indirectly with any candidate
 to aid or participate in such candidate's nomination or election,  other
 than any contributions to any party committee or constituted committee:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the  entire  state, or for nomination to any such office, no contributor
 may make a contribution to any candidate or political committee  PARTIC-
 IPATING  IN  THE  STATE'S  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM PURSUANT TO
 TITLE TWO OF THIS ARTICLE, and no SUCH candidate or political  committee
 may accept any contribution from any contributor, which is in the aggre-
 gate  amount  greater than:  (i) in the case of any nomination to public
 office, the product of the total number of enrolled voters in the candi-
 date's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive  status,  multi-
 plied  by  $.005,  but such amount shall be not [less than four thousand
 dollars nor] more than [twelve] SIX thousand dollars  [as  increased  or
 decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph c of
 this subdivision,] and (ii) in the case of  any  election  to  [a]  SUCH
 public  office,  [twenty-five]  SIX  thousand  dollars  [as increased or
 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph  c  of
 this  subdivision];  provided however, that the maximum amount which may
 be so contributed or accepted, in the aggregate,  from  any  candidate's
 child,  parent,  grandparent,  brother and sister, and the spouse of any
 such persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomination  to  public
 office  an  amount  equivalent  to the product of the number of enrolled
 voters in the candidate's party in the state, excluding voters in  inac-
 tive  status, multiplied by $.025, and in the case of any election for a
 public office, an amount equivalent to the  product  of  the  number  of
 registered  voters  in  the  state  excluding voters in inactive status,
 multiplied by $.025.
   b. In any other election for party  position  or  for  election  to  a
 public  office or for nomination for any such office, no contributor may
 make a contribution to any candidate or political committee  PARTICIPAT-
 ING  IN  THE  STATE'S PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM PURSUANT TO TITLE
 TWO OF THIS ARTICLE (FOR THOSE OFFICES  OR  POSITIONS  COVERED  BY  THAT

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 SYSTEM)  and  no  SUCH  candidate  or political committee may accept any
 contribution from any contributor, which  is  in  the  aggregate  amount
 greater than: (i) in the case of any election for party position, or for
 nomination to public office, the product of the total number of enrolled
 voters  in the candidate's party in the district in which he is a candi-
 date, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.05, and  (ii)
 in  the  case  of  any  election for a public office, the product of the
 total number of registered voters in the district, excluding  voters  in
 inactive status, multiplied by $.05, however in the case of a nomination
 within  the city of New York for the office of mayor, public advocate or
 comptroller, such amount shall be not less than  four  thousand  dollars
 nor  more  than twelve thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the
 cost of living adjustment described in paragraph [c] E of this  subdivi-
 sion;  in  the  case  of an election within the city of New York for the
 office of mayor, public advocate or  comptroller,  twenty-five  thousand
 dollars  as  increased  or  decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment
 described in paragraph [c] E of this subdivision; in the case of a nomi-
 nation  OR  ELECTION  for  state  senator,  four  thousand  dollars  [as
 increased  or  decreased  by  the cost of living adjustment described in
 paragraph c of this subdivision; in the case of an  election  for  state
 senator,  six  thousand  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  as  increased  or
 decreased by the cost of living adjustment described in paragraph  c  of
 this subdivision]; in the case of an election or nomination for a member
 of the assembly, [twenty-five hundred] DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONVENTION
 TO  REVISE  AND  AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, OR DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND  THE  STATE  CONSTITUTION,  TWO  THOUSAND
 dollars  [as  increased  or  decreased  by the cost of living adjustment
 described in paragraph c of this subdivision; but in no event shall  any
 such  maximum exceed fifty thousand dollars or be less than one thousand
 dollars]; provided however, that the maximum  amount  which  may  be  so
 contributed  or  accepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child,
 parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and  the  spouse  of  any  such
 persons, shall not exceed in the case of any election for party position
 or  nomination  for  public office an amount equivalent to the number of
 enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which he  is
 a candidate, excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.25 and
 in  the  case  of any election to public office, an amount equivalent to
 the number of registered voters in the  district,  excluding  voters  in
 inactive  status,  multiplied  by $.25; or twelve hundred fifty dollars,
 whichever is greater, or in the case of a nomination or  election  of  a
 state  senator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the
 case of a nomination or election of a member of the assembly,  DELEGATE-
 AT-LARGE  TO A CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, OR
 DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE  CONSTI-
 TUTION,  twelve thousand five hundred dollars, whichever is greater, but
 in no event shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
   C.  IN ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED ON BY  THE  VOTERS
 OF  THE ENTIRE STATE, OR FOR NOMINATION TO ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO CONTRIBU-
 TOR MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  IN
 CONNECTION  WITH  A  CANDIDATE  WHO  IS NOT A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE AS
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE, AND
 NO SUCH CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE  MAY  ACCEPT  ANY  CONTRIBUTION
 FROM  ANY  CONTRIBUTOR,  WHICH  IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN:
 (I) IN THE CASE OF ANY NOMINATION TO PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT  OF  THE
 TOTAL  NUMBER  OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE STATE,
 EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE  STATUS,  MULTIPLIED  BY  $.005,  BUT  SUCH

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 AMOUNT  SHALL  BE  NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS, AND (II) IN THE CASE  OF  ANY  ELECTION  TO  A  PUBLIC
 OFFICE,  FIFTEEN  THOUSAND  DOLLARS;  PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE MAXIMUM
 AMOUNT  WHICH  MAY BE SO CONTRIBUTED OR ACCEPTED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FROM
 ANY CANDIDATE'S CHILD, PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND  THE
 SPOUSE  OF  ANY  SUCH PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED IN THE CASE OF ANY NOMI-
 NATION TO PUBLIC OFFICE AN AMOUNT  EQUIVALENT  TO  THE  PRODUCT  OF  THE
 NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE STATE, EXCLUD-
 ING  VOTERS  IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.025, AND IN THE CASE OF
 ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE PRODUCT OF
 THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE STATE EXCLUDING VOTERS  IN  INAC-
 TIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.025.
   D.  IN  ANY  OTHER  ELECTION  FOR  PARTY POSITION OR FOR ELECTION TO A
 PUBLIC OFFICE OR FOR NOMINATION FOR ANY SUCH OFFICE, NO CONTRIBUTOR  MAY
 MAKE   A  CONTRIBUTION  TO  ANY  CANDIDATE  OR  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  IN
 CONNECTION WITH A CANDIDATE WHO IS  NOT  A  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 NO SUCH CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE  MAY  ACCEPT  ANY  CONTRIBUTION
 FROM ANY CONTRIBUTOR, WHICH IS IN THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT GREATER THAN: (I)
 IN  THE  CASE  OF  ANY ELECTION FOR PARTY POSITION, OR FOR NOMINATION TO
 PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE
 CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE IS A CANDIDATE,  EXCLUDING
 VOTERS  IN  INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.05, AND (II) IN THE CASE OF
 ANY ELECTION FOR A PUBLIC OFFICE, THE PRODUCT OF  THE  TOTAL  NUMBER  OF
 REGISTERED  VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS,
 MULTIPLIED BY $.05, HOWEVER IN THE CASE OF A NOMINATION WITHIN THE  CITY
 OF  NEW  YORK  FOR  THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER,
 SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR  MORE  THAN
 TWELVE  THOUSAND DOLLARS AS INCREASED OR DECREASED BY THE COST OF LIVING
 ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH E OF THIS SUBDIVISION; IN THE CASE  OF
 AN  ELECTION WITHIN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE OFFICE OF MAYOR, PUBLIC
 ADVOCATE OR COMPTROLLER, TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS  AS  INCREASED  OR
 DECREASED  BY  THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH E OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION; IN THE CASE OF A  NOMINATION  OR  ELECTION  FOR  STATE
 SENATOR, FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS; IN THE CASE OF AN ELECTION OR NOMINATION
 FOR  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  ASSEMBLY,  DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONVENTION TO
 REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE  CONSTITUTION,  OR  DISTRICT  DELEGATE  TO  A
 CONVENTION  TO  REVISE  AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THREE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE  MAXIMUM  AMOUNT  WHICH  MAY  BE  SO
 CONTRIBUTED  OR  ACCEPTED, IN THE AGGREGATE, FROM ANY CANDIDATE'S CHILD,
 PARENT, GRANDPARENT, BROTHER AND SISTER, AND  THE  SPOUSE  OF  ANY  SUCH
 PERSONS, SHALL NOT EXCEED IN THE CASE OF ANY ELECTION FOR PARTY POSITION
 OR  NOMINATION  FOR  PUBLIC OFFICE AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO THE NUMBER OF
 ENROLLED VOTERS IN THE CANDIDATE'S PARTY IN THE DISTRICT IN WHICH HE  IS
 A CANDIDATE, EXCLUDING VOTERS IN INACTIVE STATUS, MULTIPLIED BY $.25 AND
 IN  THE  CASE  OF ANY ELECTION TO PUBLIC OFFICE, AN AMOUNT EQUIVALENT TO
 THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE  DISTRICT,  EXCLUDING  VOTERS  IN
 INACTIVE  STATUS,  MULTIPLIED  BY $.25; OR TWELVE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS,
 WHICHEVER IS GREATER, OR IN THE CASE OF A NOMINATION OR  ELECTION  OF  A
 STATE  SENATOR, TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, OR IN THE
 CASE OF A NOMINATION OR ELECTION OF A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  DELEGATE-
 AT-LARGE  TO A CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, OR
 DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE  CONSTI-
 TUTION,  TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, BUT
 IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY SUCH MAXIMUM EXCEED ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

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   E. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in [nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five] TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, the state board shall
 determine the percentage of  the  difference  between  the  most  recent
 available monthly consumer price index for all urban consumers published
 by  the United States bureau of labor statistics and such consumer price
 index published for the same month four years previously. The amount  of
 each contribution limit fixed AND EXPRESSLY IDENTIFIED FOR ADJUSTMENT in
 this  subdivision  shall  be  adjusted  by the amount of such percentage
 difference to the closest one hundred dollars by the state board  which,
 not  later than the first day of February in each such year, shall issue
 a regulation publishing the amount of each such contribution limit. Each
 contribution limit as so adjusted shall be  the  contribution  limit  in
 effect for any election held before the next such adjustment.
   F.  EACH  PARTY  OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE MAY TRANSFER TO, OR SPEND TO
 ELECT OR OPPOSE A CANDIDATE, OR TRANSFER TO ANOTHER PARTY OR CONSTITUTED
 COMMITTEE, NO MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER ELECTION, EXCEPT  THAT
 SUCH COMMITTEE MAY IN ADDITION TO SUCH TRANSFERS OR EXPENDITURES:
   (I) IN A GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION TRANSFER TO, OR SPEND TO ELECT OR
 OPPOSE A CANDIDATE, NO MORE THAN FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS RECEIVED FROM EACH
 CONTRIBUTOR; AND
   (II)  IN  ANY  ELECTION  SPEND  WITHOUT  LIMITATION  FOR NON-CANDIDATE
 EXPENDITURES NOT DESIGNED OR INTENDED TO ELECT A PARTICULAR CANDIDATE OR
 CANDIDATES.
   G. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  CONTRIBUTION  LIMIT  IN  THIS  SECTION,
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION
 14-200-A OF THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTRIBUTE, OUT OF THEIR OWN  MONEY,  THREE
 TIMES  THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT TO THEIR OWN AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE.
   10. [a.] No contributor may make a contribution to a party or  consti-
 tuted committee and no such committee may accept a contribution from any
 contributor which, in the aggregate, is greater than [sixty-two thousand
 five hundred] TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND dollars per annum.
   [b. At the beginning of each fourth calendar year, commencing in nine-
 teen hundred ninety-five, the state board shall determine the percentage
 of  the  difference  between  the most recent available monthly consumer
 price index for all urban  consumers  published  by  the  United  States
 bureau  of  labor statistics and such consumer price index published for
 the same month four years previously. The amount  of  such  contribution
 limit  fixed in paragraph a of this subdivision shall be adjusted by the
 amount of such percentage difference to the closest one hundred  dollars
 by  the  state  board which, not later than the first day of February in
 each such year, shall issue a regulation publishing the amount  of  such
 contribution  limit. Such contribution limit as so adjusted shall be the
 contribution limit in effect for any election held before the next  such
 adjustment.]
   §  7. Sections 14-100 through 14-132 of article 14 of the election law
 are designated title I and a new title  heading  is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
 
                    CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES
 
   §  8.  Article 14 of the election law is amended by adding a new title
 II to read as follows:
                                 TITLE II
                             PUBLIC FINANCING
 SECTION 14-200.   LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.

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         14-200-A. DEFINITIONS.
         14-201.   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
         14-202.   CONTRIBUTIONS.
         14-203.   PROOF OF COMPLIANCE.
         14-204.   ELIGIBILITY.
         14-205.   LIMITS ON PUBLIC FINANCING.
         14-206.   PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS.
         14-207.   USE  OF  PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS;  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN
                     EXPENDITURES.
         14-208.   POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
         14-209.   AUDITS AND REPAYMENTS.
         14-210.   ENFORCEMENT AND PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS  AND  OTHER
                     PROCEEDINGS.
         14-211.   REPORTS.
         14-212.   DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE.
         14-213.   SEVERABILITY.
   § 14-200. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT
 REFORM OF NEW YORK STATE'S CAMPAIGN FINANCE SYSTEM IS CRUCIAL TO IMPROV-
 ING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN THE STATE'S DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES AND CONTINUING
 TO  ENSURE  A GOVERNMENT THAT IS ACCOUNTABLE TO ALL OF THE VOTERS OF THE
 STATE REGARDLESS OF WEALTH OR POSITION. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS  THAT  NEW
 YORK'S  CURRENT SYSTEM OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE, WITH ITS LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS
 TO CANDIDATES FOR OFFICE AND PARTY COMMITTEES, HAS CREATED THE POTENTIAL
 FOR AND THE APPEARANCE OF CORRUPTION.   THE  LEGISLATURE  FURTHER  FINDS
 THAT,  WHETHER OR NOT THIS SYSTEM CREATES ACTUAL CORRUPTION, THE APPEAR-
 ANCE OF SUCH CORRUPTION CAN GIVE RISE TO A DISTRUST  IN  GOVERNMENT  AND
 CITIZEN  APATHY THAT UNDERMINE THE DEMOCRATIC OPERATION OF THE POLITICAL
 PROCESS.
   THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS THAT THE HIGH COST OF RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN
 NEW YORK DISCOURAGES QUALIFIED CANDIDATES FROM RUNNING  FOR  OFFICE  AND
 CREATES AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT ENCOURAGES CANDIDATES TO SPEND TOO MUCH
 TIME  RAISING MONEY RATHER THAN ATTENDING TO THE DUTIES OF THEIR OFFICE,
 REPRESENTING THE NEEDS OF THEIR  CONSTITUENTS,  AND  COMMUNICATING  WITH
 VOTERS.
   THE  LEGISLATURE AMENDS THIS CHAPTER CREATING A NEW TITLE TWO TO ARTI-
 CLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER TO REDUCE THE  POSSIBILITY  AND  APPEARANCE
 THAT SPECIAL INTERESTS EXERCISE UNDUE INFLUENCE OVER STATE OFFICIALS; TO
 INCREASE  THE ACTUAL AND APPARENT RESPONSIVENESS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS TO
 ALL VOTERS; TO ENCOURAGE QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE; AND  TO
 REDUCE THE PRESSURE ON CANDIDATES TO SPEND LARGE AMOUNTS OF TIME RAISING
 LARGE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS.
   THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THIS ARTICLE'S LIMITATIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS
 FURTHER   THE  GOVERNMENT'S  INTEREST  IN  REDUCING  REAL  AND  APPARENT
 CORRUPTION AND IN BUILDING TRUST IN GOVERNMENT.  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS
 THAT  THE  CONTRIBUTION LEVELS ARE SUFFICIENTLY HIGH TO ALLOW CANDIDATES
 AND POLITICAL PARTIES TO RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO RUN EFFECTIVE  CAMPAIGNS.
 IN  ADDITION,  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT GRADUATED CONTRIBUTION LIMITA-
 TIONS REFLECT THE CAMPAIGN NEEDS OF CANDIDATES FOR DIFFERENT OFFICES.
   THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS THAT THE SYSTEM OF VOLUNTARY PUBLIC FINANC-
 ING FURTHERS THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN ENCOURAGING  QUALIFIED  CANDI-
 DATES TO RUN FOR OFFICE. THE LEGISLATURE FINDS THAT THE VOLUNTARY PUBLIC
 FUNDING  PROGRAM  WILL  ENLARGE  THE  PUBLIC DEBATE AND INCREASE PARTIC-
 IPATION IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. IN ADDITION,  THE  LEGISLATURE  FINDS
 THAT  THE  VOLUNTARY  EXPENDITURE  LIMITATIONS AND MATCHING FUND PROGRAM
 REDUCE THE BURDEN ON CANDIDATES AND OFFICEHOLDERS TO SPEND TIME  RAISING
 MONEY FOR THEIR CAMPAIGNS.

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   THEREFORE,  THE LEGISLATURE DECLARES THAT THESE AMENDMENTS FURTHER THE
 IMPORTANT AND VALID  GOVERNMENT  INTERESTS  OF  REDUCING  VOTER  APATHY,
 BUILDING  CONFIDENCE  IN GOVERNMENT, REDUCING THE REALITY AND APPEARANCE
 OF CORRUPTION, AND ENCOURAGING QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO RUN  FOR  OFFICE,
 WHILE REDUCING CANDIDATES' AND OFFICEHOLDERS' FUNDRAISING BURDENS.
   §  14-200-A. DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE FOLLOW-
 ING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   1. THE TERM "AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE" SHALL  MEAN  THE  SINGLE  COMMITTEE
 DESIGNATED  BY  A  CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-201 OF THIS TITLE TO
 RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKE EXPENDITURES IN  SUPPORT  OF  THE  CANDI-
 DATE'S CAMPAIGN.
   2. THE TERM "BOARD" SHALL MEAN THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   3.  THE  TERM "CONTRIBUTION" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS APPEARS IN
 SUBDIVISION NINE OF SECTION 14-100 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   4. THE TERM "CONTRIBUTOR" SHALL MEAN ANY PERSON OR ENTITY THAT MAKES A
 CONTRIBUTION.
   5. THE TERM "COVERED ELECTION" SHALL MEAN  ANY  PRIMARY,  GENERAL,  OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION FOR NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE
 OF  GOVERNOR,  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE COMPTROLLER,
 STATE SENATOR, MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONVENTION
 TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, OR DISTRICT  DELEGATE  TO  A
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
   6.  THE  TERM "ELECTION CYCLE" SHALL MEAN THE TWO YEAR PERIOD STARTING
 THE DAY AFTER THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION FOR  CANDIDATES  FOR  THE  STATE
 LEGISLATURE  AND  SHALL MEAN THE FOUR YEAR PERIOD STARTING AFTER THE DAY
 AFTER THE LAST GENERAL ELECTION FOR CANDIDATES FOR STATEWIDE OFFICE.
   7. THE TERM "EXPENDITURE" SHALL MEAN ANY GIFT, SUBSCRIPTION,  ADVANCE,
 PAYMENT, OR DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR ANYTHING OF VALUE, OR A CONTRACT TO MAKE
 ANY  GIFT,  SUBSCRIPTION,  PAYMENT,  OR  DEPOSIT OF MONEY OR ANYTHING OF
 VALUE, MADE IN CONNECTION WITH THE NOMINATION FOR ELECTION, OR ELECTION,
 OF ANY CANDIDATE.  EXPENDITURES MADE BY CONTRACT ARE  DEEMED  MADE  WHEN
 SUCH FUNDS ARE OBLIGATED.
   8.  THE  TERM  "FUND"  SHALL  MEAN THE NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE
 FUND.
   9. THE TERM "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, CHILD, SIBLING  OR
 PARENT.
   10.  THE  TERM  "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL MEAN AN INDIVIDUAL, CORPORATION,
 PARTNERSHIP, POLITICAL COMMITTEE, EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION OR OTHER  ENTITY
 WHICH BUNDLES, CAUSES TO BE DELIVERED OR OTHERWISE DELIVERS ANY CONTRIB-
 UTION FROM ANOTHER PERSON OR ENTITY TO A CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE,  OTHER THAN IN THE REGULAR COURSE OF BUSINESS AS A POSTAL, DELIVERY
 OR MESSENGER SERVICE.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT AN  "INTERMEDIARY"  SHALL
 NOT INCLUDE SPOUSES, DOMESTIC PARTNERS, PARENTS, CHILDREN OR SIBLINGS OF
 THE  PERSON  MAKING  SUCH CONTRIBUTION OR A STAFF MEMBER OR VOLUNTEER OF
 THE CAMPAIGN IDENTIFIED IN WRITING TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. HERE
 "CAUSES TO BE DELIVERED" SHALL INCLUDE PROVIDING POSTAGE,  ENVELOPES  OR
 OTHER  SHIPPING  MATERIALS FOR THE USE OF DELIVERING THE CONTRIBUTION TO
 THE ULTIMATE RECIPIENT.
   11. THE TERM "ITEM WITH  SIGNIFICANT  INTRINSIC  AND  ENDURING  VALUE"
 SHALL  MEAN  ANY ITEM, INCLUDING TICKETS TO AN EVENT, THAT ARE VALUED AT
 TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OR MORE.
   12. (A) THE TERM "MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTION" SHALL MEAN  A  CONTRIBUTION,
 CONTRIBUTIONS  OR  A  PORTION OF A CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR ANY
 COVERED ELECTIONS HELD IN THE SAME ELECTION CYCLE,  MADE  BY  A  NATURAL
 PERSON  WHO  IS A UNITED STATES CITIZEN AND RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK TO A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE, THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED IN FULL TO THE

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 BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 14-102 AND 14-104 OF THIS  ARTICLE  BY
 THE  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  AND  HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED ON OR
 BEFORE THE DAY OF THE APPLICABLE PRIMARY,  GENERAL,  RUNOFF  OR  SPECIAL
 ELECTION.  ANY  CONTRIBUTION,  CONTRIBUTIONS, OR A PORTION OF A CONTRIB-
 UTION DETERMINED TO BE INVALID FOR MATCHING FUNDS BY THE BOARD  MAY  NOT
 BE TREATED AS A MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTION FOR ANY PURPOSE.
   (B) THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTIONS ARE NOT MATCHABLE:
   (I) LOANS;
   (II) IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS OF PROPERTY, GOODS, OR SERVICES;
   (III) CONTRIBUTIONS IN THE FORM OF THE PURCHASE PRICE PAID FOR AN ITEM
 WITH SIGNIFICANT INTRINSIC AND ENDURING VALUE;
   (IV) TRANSFERS FROM A PARTY OR CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE;
   (V) ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS OR CONTRIBUTIONS WHOSE SOURCE IS NOT ITEM-
 IZED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 14-201 OF THIS TITLE;
   (VI) CONTRIBUTIONS GATHERED DURING A PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE;
   (VII) ILLEGAL CONTRIBUTIONS;
   (VIII) CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MINORS;
   (IX) CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VENDORS FOR CAMPAIGNS; AND
   (X)  CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM  LOBBYISTS REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 (A) OF SECTION ONE-C OF THE LEGISLATIVE LAW.
   13. THE TERM "NONPARTICIPATING CANDIDATE" SHALL MEAN A CANDIDATE FOR A
 COVERED ELECTION WHO FAILS TO FILE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION IN  THE  FORM
 OF  AN  AFFIDAVIT  UNDER  SECTION 14-204 OF THIS TITLE BY THE APPLICABLE
 DEADLINE.
   14. THE TERM "PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE" SHALL MEAN  ANY  CANDIDATE  FOR
 NOMINATION  FOR  ELECTION, OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR, LIEU-
 TENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL,  STATE  COMPTROLLER,  STATE  SENATOR,
 MEMBER  OF THE ASSEMBLY, DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONVENTION TO REVISE AND
 AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, OR DISTRICT DELEGATE TO  A  CONVENTION  TO
 REVISE  AND  AMEND  THE  STATE CONSTITUTION, WHO FILES A WRITTEN CERTIF-
 ICATION IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-204  OF  THIS
 TITLE.
   15.  THE TERM "POST-ELECTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN THE FIVE YEARS FOLLOW-
 ING AN ELECTION WHEN A CANDIDATE IS SUBJECT TO AN AUDIT.
   16. THE TERM "QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURE" SHALL MEAN  AN  EXPENDI-
 TURE FOR WHICH PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS MAY BE USED.
   17.  THE  TERM  "THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY" SHALL MEAN THE AMOUNT OF
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT A  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  MUST
 RECEIVE  IN  TOTAL  IN ORDER FOR SUCH CANDIDATE TO QUALIFY FOR VOLUNTARY
 PUBLIC FINANCING UNDER THIS TITLE.
   18. THE TERM "TRANSFER" SHALL MEAN ANY EXCHANGE  OF  FUNDS  BETWEEN  A
 PARTY  OR  CONSTITUTED  COMMITTEE  AND  A CANDIDATE OR ANY OF HIS OR HER
 AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES.
   § 14-201. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.   1. POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  REGISTRA-
 TION.  POLITICAL  COMMITTEES  AS  DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF
 SECTION 14-100 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL  REGISTER  WITH  THE  BOARD  BEFORE
 MAKING ANY CONTRIBUTION OR EXPENDITURE.  THE BOARD SHALL PUBLISH A CUMU-
 LATIVE  LIST  OF POLITICAL COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REGISTERED, INCLUDING ON
 ITS WEBPAGE, AND REGULARLY UPDATE IT.
   2. ONLY ONE AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE PER  CANDIDATE  PER  ELECTIVE  OFFICE
 SOUGHT.  BEFORE RECEIVING ANY CONTRIBUTION OR MAKING ANY EXPENDITURE FOR
 A  COVERED  ELECTION,  EACH  CANDIDATE  SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD AS TO THE
 EXISTENCE OF HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN  APPROVED  BY
 SUCH  CANDIDATE.  EACH  CANDIDATE SHALL HAVE ONE AND ONLY ONE AUTHORIZED
 COMMITTEE PER ELECTIVE OFFICE SOUGHT. EACH  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  SHALL

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 HAVE  A  TREASURER  AND  IS SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS FOUND IN SECTION
 14-112 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   3.  (A)  DETAILED  REPORTING. IN ADDITION TO EACH AUTHORIZED AND POLI-
 TICAL COMMITTEE REPORTING TO  THE  BOARD  EVERY  CONTRIBUTION  AND  LOAN
 RECEIVED AND EVERY EXPENDITURE MADE IN THE TIME AND MANNER PRESCRIBED BY
 SECTIONS  14-102, 14-104 AND 14-108 OF THIS ARTICLE, EACH AUTHORIZED AND
 POLITICAL COMMITTEE  SHALL  ALSO  SUBMIT  DISCLOSURE  REPORTS  ON  MARCH
 FIFTEENTH AND MAY FIFTEENTH OF EACH ELECTION YEAR REPORTING TO THE BOARD
 EVERY  CONTRIBUTION  AND  LOAN RECEIVED AND EVERY EXPENDITURE MADE.  FOR
 CONTRIBUTORS WHO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS OF FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  OR  MORE,
 EACH  AUTHORIZED  AND  POLITICAL COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO THE BOARD THE
 OCCUPATION, AND BUSINESS ADDRESS OF EACH CONTRIBUTOR, LENDER, AND INTER-
 MEDIARY. THE BOARD SHALL REVISE, PREPARE AND POST FORMS ON  ITS  WEBPAGE
 THAT FACILITATE COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION.
   (B)  BOARD REVIEW. THE BOARD SHALL REVIEW EACH DISCLOSURE REPORT FILED
 AND SHALL INFORM AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES OF  RELEVANT  QUES-
 TIONS  IT HAS CONCERNING: (I) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE
 AND OF THE RULES ISSUED BY THE BOARD; AND (II) QUALIFICATION FOR RECEIV-
 ING PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. IN THE COURSE OF  THIS
 REVIEW, IT SHALL GIVE AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES AN OPPORTUNITY
 TO  RESPOND  TO  AND CORRECT POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS AND GIVE CANDIDATES AN
 OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS  QUESTIONS  IT  HAS  CONCERNING  THEIR  MATCHABLE
 CONTRIBUTION CLAIMS OR OTHER ISSUES CONCERNING ELIGIBILITY FOR RECEIVING
 PUBLIC  MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
 SHALL PRECLUDE THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL FROM SUBSEQUENTLY REVIEWING
 SUCH DISCLOSURE REPORTS AND TAKING ANY ACTION OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED UNDER
 THIS TITLE.
   (C) ITEMIZATION. CONTRIBUTIONS THAT ARE NOT ITEMIZED IN REPORTS  FILED
 WITH THE BOARD SHALL NOT BE MATCHABLE.
   (D)  OPTION TO FILE MORE FREQUENTLY. PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES MAY FILE
 REPORTS OF CONTRIBUTIONS AS FREQUENTLY AS ONCE A WEEK ON MONDAY SO  THAT
 THEIR MATCHING FUNDS MAY BE PAID AT THE EARLIEST ALLOWABLE DATE.
   §  14-202. CONTRIBUTIONS.   RECIPIENTS OF FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE
 SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPLICABLE  CONTRIBUTION  LIMITS  SET  FORTH  IN
 SECTION 14-114 OF THIS ARTICLE.
   §  14-203.  PROOF  OF  COMPLIANCE. AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 SHALL MAINTAIN SUCH RECORDS OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR  A  COVERED
 ELECTION  AS  REQUIRED BY THE BOARD. AUTHORIZED AND POLITICAL COMMITTEES
 SHALL OBTAIN AND FURNISH TO THE BOARD ANY  INFORMATION  IT  MAY  REQUEST
 RELATING  TO  FINANCIAL  TRANSACTIONS  OR CONTRIBUTIONS AND FURNISH SUCH
 DOCUMENTATION AND OTHER PROOF OF COMPLIANCE WITH THIS TITLE  AS  MAY  BE
 REQUESTED. IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14-108 OF THIS ARTICLE, AUTHORIZED
 AND  POLITICAL  COMMITTEES  SHALL  MAINTAIN COPIES OF SUCH RECORDS FOR A
 PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
   § 14-204. ELIGIBILITY.  1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS. TO  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR
 VOLUNTARY PUBLIC FINANCING UNDER THIS TITLE, A CANDIDATE MUST:
   (A) BE A CANDIDATE IN A COVERED ELECTION;
   (B)  MEET  ALL  THE REQUIREMENTS OF LAW TO HAVE HIS OR HER NAME ON THE
 BALLOT;
   (C) IN THE CASE OF A COVERED GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION,  BE  OPPOSED
 BY ANOTHER CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT WHO IS NOT A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE;
   (D)  SUBMIT  A CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT, IN SUCH FORM
 AS MAY BE PRESCRIBED BY THE BOARD, THAT SETS FORTH HIS OR HER ACCEPTANCE
 OF AND AGREEMENT TO  COMPLY  WITH  THE  TERMS  AND  CONDITIONS  FOR  THE
 PROVISION  OF SUCH FUNDS IN EACH COVERED ELECTION AND SUCH CERTIFICATION

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 SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION PURSUANT  TO
 A SCHEDULE PROMULGATED BY THE BOARD;
   (E) BE CERTIFIED AS A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE BY THE BOARD;
   (F)  NOT  MAKE, AND NOT HAVE MADE, EXPENDITURES FROM OR USE HIS OR HER
 PERSONAL FUNDS OR PROPERTY OR THE PERSONAL  FUNDS  OR  PROPERTY  JOINTLY
 HELD  WITH  HIS  OR  HER SPOUSE, OR UNEMANCIPATED CHILDREN IN CONNECTION
 WITH HIS OR HER NOMINATION ELECTION OR ELECTION TO A COVERED OFFICE, BUT
 MAY MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE IN AN  AMOUNT
 THAT  DOES NOT EXCEED THREE TIMES THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FROM
 AN INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR TO CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE THAT HE OR SHE IS
 SEEKING;
   (G) MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 THIS SECTION;
   (H) CONTINUE TO ABIDE BY ALL  REQUIREMENTS  DURING  THE  POST-ELECTION
 PERIOD;
   (I)  AGREE NOT TO EXPEND FOR CAMPAIGN PURPOSES ANY PORTION OF ANY PRE-
 EXISTING FUNDS RAISED FOR ANY PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION  PRIOR  TO
 THE  FIRST  DAY  OF  THE  ELECTION  CYCLE  FOR WHICH THE CANDIDATE SEEKS
 CERTIFICATION. NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT, IN
 ANY WAY, ANY CANDIDATE OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL FROM EXPENDING ANY PORTION  OF
 PRE-EXISTING  CAMPAIGN  FUNDS  FOR  ANY  LAWFUL PURPOSE OTHER THAN THOSE
 RELATED TO HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN; AND
   (J) NOT HAVE ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THE  CONTRIB-
 UTION  LIMITS SET FORTH FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN PARAGRAPHS A AND
 B OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  14-114  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  DURING  THE
 ELECTION CYCLE FOR WHICH THE CANDIDATE SEEKS CERTIFICATION;
   (I)  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT,  IF  A CANDIDATE ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTIONS
 EXCEEDING SUCH LIMITS BEFORE CERTIFICATION, SUCH  ACCEPTANCE  SHALL  NOT
 PREVENT THE CANDIDATE FROM BEING CERTIFIED BY THE BOARD IF THE CANDIDATE
 IMMEDIATELY  PAYS  TO THE FUND OR RETURNS TO THE CONTRIBUTOR THE PORTION
 OF ANY CONTRIBUTION THAT EXCEEDED THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.
   (II) IF THE CANDIDATE IS  UNABLE  TO  RETURN  SUCH  FUNDS  IMMEDIATELY
 BECAUSE  THEY  HAVE  ALREADY  BEEN  SPENT,  ACCEPTANCE  OF CONTRIBUTIONS
 EXCEEDING THE LIMITS SHALL NOT PREVENT THE CANDIDATE FROM  BEING  CERTI-
 FIED  BY THE BOARD IF THE CANDIDATE SUBMITS AN AFFIDAVIT AGREEING TO PAY
 TO THE FUND ALL PORTIONS OF ANY CONTRIBUTIONS THAT EXCEEDED THE LIMIT NO
 LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION.  IF  A  CANDIDATE
 PROVIDES  THE  BOARD  WITH SUCH AN AFFIDAVIT, ANY DISBURSEMENT OF PUBLIC
 FUNDS TO THE CANDIDATE MADE UNDER SECTION 14-206 OF THIS TITLE SHALL  BE
 REDUCED  BY NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT UNTIL THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED
 BY THE CANDIDATE IS REPAID.
   (III) NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE INTERPRETED TO REQUIRE A CANDI-
 DATE WHO RETAINS FUNDS  RAISED  DURING  A  PREVIOUS  ELECTION  CYCLE  TO
 FORFEIT SUCH FUNDS. FUNDS RAISED DURING A PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE MAY BE
 RETAINED, BUT ONLY IF THE CANDIDATE PLACES THE FUNDS IN ESCROW.
   (IV)  CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE CANDIDATE OR
 AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE OF THE CANDIDATE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE  OF
 THIS  TITLE  SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE.  UNEXPENDED
 CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE TREATED THE  SAME  AS  CAMPAIGN  SURPLUSES  UNDER
 SUBPARAGRAPH (III) OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
   2.  THRESHOLD  FOR  ELIGIBILITY. (A) THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR
 PUBLIC FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES SHALL BE IN THE CASE OF:
   (I) GOVERNOR, NOT LESS THAN SIX  HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  IN
 MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS  INCLUDING  AT  LEAST SIX THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN  AND  ONE  HUNDRED
 SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER CONTRIBUTOR, FROM RESIDENTS OF NEW YORK STATE;

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   (II)  LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, ATTORNEY GENERAL, AND COMPTROLLER, NOT LESS
 THAN TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS  INCLUDING
 AT  LEAST TWO THOUSAND MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN
 TEN AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER CONTRIBUTOR, FROM RESIDENTS
 OF NEW YORK STATE;
   (III)  STATE SENATOR, NOT LESS THAN TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS IN MATCHA-
 BLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO HUNDRED MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS
 COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE  DOLLARS  PER
 CONTRIBUTOR,  FROM  RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE
 FILLED; AND
   (IV) MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY,  DELEGATE-AT-LARGE  TO  A  CONVENTION  TO
 REVISE  AND  AMEND  THE  STATE  CONSTITUTION,  OR DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, NOT LESS THAN TEN
 THOUSAND DOLLARS IN  MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS  INCLUDING  AT  LEAST  ONE
 HUNDRED  MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS  COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS PER  CONTRIBUTOR,  FROM  RESIDENTS  OF  THE
 DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE FILLED.
   (B)  ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE MEETING THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY
 IN A PRIMARY ELECTION FOR ONE OF THE FOREGOING OFFICES SHALL  BE  DEEMED
 TO  HAVE  MET THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH OFFICE IN ANY OTHER
 SUBSEQUENT ELECTION HELD IN THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR.
   § 14-205. LIMITS ON PUBLIC FINANCING. THE FOLLOWING LIMITATIONS  APPLY
 TO  THE  TOTAL AMOUNTS OF PUBLIC FUNDS THAT MAY BE PROVIDED TO A PARTIC-
 IPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR AN ELECTION CYCLE:
   1. IN ANY PRIMARY ELECTION, RECEIPT OF PUBLIC FUNDS  BY  PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES AND BY THEIR PARTICIPATING COMMITTEES SHALL NOT EXCEED:
   (I) FOR GOVERNOR, THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS;
   (II) FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, COMPTROLLER OR ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SUM
 OF FOUR MILLION DOLLARS;
   (III)  FOR  SENATOR,  THE  SUM  OF THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS;
   (IV) FOR MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY, DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONVENTION  TO
 REVISE  AND  AMEND  THE  STATE  CONSTITUTION,  OR DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE CONSTITUTION, THE  SUM  OF  ONE
 HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   2.  IN  ANY  GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTION, RECEIPT OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY A
 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEES  SHALL  NOT  EXCEED  THE
 FOLLOWING AMOUNTS:
 CANDIDATES FOR ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF:
 GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (COMBINED)                  $10,000,000
 ATTORNEY GENERAL                                             $4,000,000
 COMPTROLLER                                                  $4,000,000
 MEMBER OF SENATE                                             $375,000
 MEMBER OF ASSEMBLY, DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A                   $175,000
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE
 CONSTITUTION, OR DISTRICT DELEGATE TO A
 CONVENTION TO REVISE AND AMEND THE STATE
 CONSTITUTION
   3.  NO PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION FOR AN OFFICE WHO IS NOT
 OPPOSED BY A CANDIDATE ON THE BALLOT IN  A  PRIMARY  ELECTION  SHALL  BE
 ENTITLED  TO  PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, EXCEPT THAT, WHERE THERE
 IS A CONTEST IN SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THE NOMINATION OF AT LEAST ONE
 OF THE TWO POLITICAL PARTIES WITH THE HIGHEST AND SECOND HIGHEST  NUMBER
 OF  ENROLLED  MEMBERS  FOR SUCH OFFICE, A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE WHO IS
 UNOPPOSED IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION MAY RECEIVE PUBLIC  FUNDS  BEFORE  THE
 PRIMARY  ELECTION,  FOR  EXPENSES INCURRED ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF SUCH

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 PRIMARY ELECTION, IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO UP TO HALF THE SUM SET FORTH  IN
 PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   § 14-206. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS. 1. DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
 BILITY.  NO PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO AN AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE UNLESS THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE HAS MET
 THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE. PAYMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
 AMOUNTS SPECIFIED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, AND SHALL BE  MADE
 ONLY  IN  ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE. SUCH PAYMENT MAY
 BE MADE ONLY TO THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE.  NO
 PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS SHALL BE USED EXCEPT AS REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT
 FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES ACTUALLY AND LAWFULLY INCURRED OR TO
 REPAY LOANS USED TO PAY QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.
   2. CALCULATION OF PAYMENT. IF THE THRESHOLD FOR  ELIGIBILITY  IS  MET,
 THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE SHALL RECEIVE PAYMENT
 FOR  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN  EXPENDITURES OF SIX DOLLARS OF PUBLIC MATCHING
 FUNDS FOR EACH ONE DOLLAR OF MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS, FOR THE FIRST  ONE
 HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE DOLLARS OF ELIGIBLE PRIVATE FUNDS PER CONTRIBUTOR,
 OBTAINED AND REPORTED TO THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS TITLE. THE MAXIMUM PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE LIMIT-
 ED  TO  THE  AMOUNTS  SET  FORTH IN SECTION 14-205 OF THIS TITLE FOR THE
 COVERED ELECTION.
   3. TIMING OF PAYMENT. THE BOARD  SHALL  MAKE  ANY  PAYMENT  OF  PUBLIC
 MATCHING  FUNDS  TO  PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE.
 BUT IN ALL CASES, IT SHALL VERIFY ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC MATCHING  FUNDS
 WITHIN  FOUR  DAYS,  EXCLUDING  WEEKENDS  AND  HOLIDAYS,  OF RECEIVING A
 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REPORT FILED IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14-104  OF
 THIS  ARTICLE.  WITHIN  TWO  DAYS  OF DETERMINING THAT A CANDIDATE FOR A
 COVERED OFFICE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, IT SHALL AUTHORIZE
 PAYMENT OF THE APPLICABLE MATCHING FUNDS OWED TO THE CANDIDATE. HOWEVER,
 IT SHALL NOT MAKE ANY PAYMENTS OF PUBLIC MONEY EARLIER THAN THE EARLIEST
 DATES FOR MAKING SUCH PAYMENTS AS PROVIDED BY THIS TITLE.    IF  ANY  OF
 SUCH  PAYMENTS  WOULD  REQUIRE  PAYMENT ON A WEEKEND OR FEDERAL HOLIDAY,
 PAYMENT SHALL BE MADE ON THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY.
   4. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. THE BOARD SHALL,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER, PROMULGATE RULES TO FACILITATE ELECTRONIC
 FUNDS  TRANSFERS DIRECTLY FROM THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND INTO AN AUTHOR-
 IZED COMMITTEE'S BANK ACCOUNT.
   5.  IRREGULARLY  SCHEDULED  ELECTIONS.   NOTWITHSTANDING   ANY   OTHER
 PROVISION OF THIS TITLE, THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES TO PROVIDE FOR
 THE  PROMPT  ISSUANCE OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES IN THE CASE OF ANY  OTHER
 COVERED ELECTION HELD ON A DAY DIFFERENT FROM THAT THAN ORIGINALLY SCHE-
 DULED INCLUDING SPECIAL ELECTIONS. BUT IN ALL CASES, THE BOARD SHALL (A)
 WITHIN FOUR DAYS, EXCLUDING WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, OF RECEIVING A REPORT
 OF  CONTRIBUTIONS  FROM A CANDIDATE FOR A COVERED OFFICE CLAIMING ELIGI-
 BILITY FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS VERIFY THAT CANDIDATE'S ELIGIBILITY FOR
 PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS; AND (B) WITHIN TWO DAYS OF DETERMINING  THAT  THE
 CANDIDATE FOR A COVERED OFFICE IS ELIGIBLE FOR PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS, IT
 SHALL  AUTHORIZE  PAYMENT  OF  THE APPLICABLE MATCHING FUNDS OWED TO THE
 CANDIDATE.
   § 14-207. USE OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS;  QUALIFIED  CAMPAIGN  EXPENDI-
 TURES.    1. PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PROVIDED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
 TITLE MAY BE USED ONLY BY AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE  FOR  EXPENDITURES  TO
 FURTHER   THE  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  NOMINATION  FOR  ELECTION  OR
 ELECTION, INCLUDING PAYING FOR DEBTS INCURRED WITHIN ONE YEAR  PRIOR  TO

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 AN  ELECTION  TO  FURTHER  THE  PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S NOMINATION FOR
 ELECTION OR ELECTION.
   2. SUCH PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS MAY NOT BE USED FOR:
   (A) AN EXPENDITURE IN VIOLATION OF ANY LAW;
   (B)  AN  EXPENDITURE  IN  EXCESS OF THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF SERVICES,
 MATERIALS, FACILITIES OR OTHER THINGS OF VALUE RECEIVED IN EXCHANGE;
   (C) AN EXPENDITURE MADE AFTER THE CANDIDATE HAS BEEN FINALLY DISQUALI-
 FIED FROM THE BALLOT;
   (D) AN EXPENDITURE MADE AFTER  THE  ONLY  REMAINING  OPPONENT  OF  THE
 CANDIDATE  HAS  BEEN  FINALLY  DISQUALIFIED  FROM THE GENERAL OR SPECIAL
 ELECTION BALLOT;
   (E) AN EXPENDITURE MADE BY CASH PAYMENT;
   (F) A CONTRIBUTION OR LOAN OR  TRANSFER  MADE  TO  OR  EXPENDITURE  TO
 SUPPORT  ANOTHER CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE OR PARTY, COMMITTEE OR
 CONSTITUTED COMMITTEE;
   (G) AN EXPENDITURE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE  A  CANDIDATE  FOR  AN  OFFICE
 OTHER THAN THAT WHICH THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE SEEKS;
   (H) GIFTS, EXCEPT BROCHURES, BUTTONS, SIGNS AND OTHER PRINTED CAMPAIGN
 MATERIAL;
   (I) LEGAL FEES TO DEFEND AGAINST A CRIMINAL CHARGE;
   (J)  PAYMENTS  TO IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PARTICIPATING CANDI-
 DATE; OR
   (K) ANY EXPENDITURE MADE TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF ANY PETITION  OF
 DESIGNATION  OR NOMINATION OR ANY CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION, ACCEPTANCE,
 AUTHORIZATION, DECLINATION OR SUBSTITUTION.
   § 14-208. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.  1. ADVISORY  OPINIONS.  THE
 BOARD  SHALL  RENDER ADVISORY OPINIONS WITH RESPECT TO QUESTIONS ARISING
 UNDER THIS TITLE UPON THE WRITTEN REQUEST OF A CANDIDATE, AN OFFICER  OF
 A  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  OR MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC, OR UPON ITS OWN INITI-
 ATIVE.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES REGARDING REASONABLE  TIMES  TO
 RESPOND  TO  SUCH REQUESTS. THE BOARD SHALL MAKE PUBLIC THE QUESTIONS OF
 INTERPRETATION FOR WHICH ADVISORY OPINIONS WILL  BE  CONSIDERED  BY  THE
 BOARD AND ITS ADVISORY OPINIONS, INCLUDING BY PUBLICATION ON ITS WEBPAGE
 WITH  IDENTIFYING  INFORMATION  REDACTED  AS  THE BOARD DETERMINES TO BE
 APPROPRIATE.
   2. PUBLIC INFORMATION AND CANDIDATE EDUCATION. THE BOARD SHALL DEVELOP
 A PROGRAM FOR INFORMING CANDIDATES AND THE PUBLIC AS TO THE PURPOSE  AND
 EFFECT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE, INCLUDING BY MEANS OF A WEBPAGE.
 THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE IN PLAIN LANGUAGE AND MAKE AVAILABLE EDUCATIONAL
 MATERIALS,  INCLUDING  COMPLIANCE MANUALS AND SUMMARIES AND EXPLANATIONS
 OF THE PURPOSES AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE. THE BOARD SHALL PREPARE OR
 HAVE PREPARED AND MAKE AVAILABLE MATERIALS,  INCLUDING,  TO  THE  EXTENT
 FEASIBLE,  COMPUTER  SOFTWARE, TO FACILITATE THE TASK OF COMPLIANCE WITH
 THE DISCLOSURE AND RECORD-KEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS TITLE.
   3. RULES AND REGULATIONS.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  HAVE  THE  AUTHORITY  TO
 PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PROVIDE SUCH FORMS AS IT DEEMS
 NECESSARY FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THIS TITLE.
   4.  DATABASE.  THE  BOARD  SHALL  DEVELOP  AN  INTERACTIVE, SEARCHABLE
 COMPUTER DATABASE THAT SHALL CONTAIN ALL INFORMATION NECESSARY  FOR  THE
 PROPER  ADMINISTRATION  OF  THIS TITLE INCLUDING INFORMATION ON CONTRIB-
 UTIONS TO AND EXPENDITURES BY CANDIDATES AND THEIR AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE,
 INDEPENDENT EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT  OR  OPPOSITION  OF  CANDIDATES  FOR
 COVERED  OFFICES,  AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF MONEYS FROM THE FUND. SUCH DATA-
 BASE SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBPAGE.
   5. THE BOARD SHALL WORK WITH THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL TO  ENFORCE
 THIS SECTION.

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   § 14-209. AUDITS AND REPAYMENTS.  1. AUDITS. THE BOARD SHALL AUDIT AND
 EXAMINE  ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION OF THIS TITLE
 AND SHALL COMPLETE SUCH AUDIT NO LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE ELECTION
 IN QUESTION.  EVERY CANDIDATE WHO RECEIVES PUBLIC FUNDS UNDER THIS TITLE
 SHALL  BE  AUDITED BY THE BOARD. THE COST OF COMPLYING WITH A POST-ELEC-
 TION AUDIT SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE  USING
 PUBLIC  FUNDS,  PRIVATE  FUNDS OR ANY COMBINATION OF SUCH FUNDS.  CANDI-
 DATES WHO RUN IN ANY PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION MUST MAINTAIN A RESERVE
 OF THREE PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS RECEIVED TO COMPLY WITH THE POST-E-
 LECTION AUDIT.  THE BOARD SHALL ISSUE TO EACH CAMPAIGN AUDITED  A  FINAL
 AUDIT REPORT THAT DETAILS ITS FINDINGS.
   2.  REPAYMENTS.  (A)  IF  THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT ANY PORTION OF THE
 PAYMENT MADE TO A CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FROM THE FUND WAS  IN
 EXCESS  OF  THE  AGGREGATE  AMOUNT  OF  PAYMENTS THAT SUCH CANDIDATE WAS
 ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, IT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH COMMIT-
 TEE AND SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD AN  AMOUNT  EQUAL  TO  THE
 AMOUNT  OF  EXCESS  PAYMENTS.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT IF THE ERRONEOUS
 PAYMENT WAS THE RESULT OF AN ERROR BY  THE  BOARD,  THEN  THE  ERRONEOUS
 PAYMENT  WILL  BE  DEDUCTED  FROM  ANY FUTURE PAYMENT, IF ANY, AND IF NO
 PAYMENT IS TO BE MADE THEN NEITHER THE CANDIDATE NOR THE COMMITTEE SHALL
 BE LIABLE TO REPAY THE EXCESS AMOUNT TO THE BOARD.  THE  CANDIDATE,  THE
 TREASURER  AND  THE  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  ARE JOINTLY AND
 SEVERALLY LIABLE FOR ANY REPAYMENTS TO THE BOARD.
   (B) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT ANY PORTION OF THE PAYMENT MADE TO  A
 CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE  FROM  THE FUND WAS USED FOR PURPOSES
 OTHER THAN QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES AND  SUCH  EXPENDITURES  WERE
 NOT  APPROVED BY THE BOARD, IT SHALL NOTIFY SUCH COMMITTEE OF THE AMOUNT
 SO DISQUALIFIED AND SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL PAY  TO  THE  BOARD  AN  AMOUNT
 EQUAL  TO SUCH DISQUALIFIED AMOUNT. THE CANDIDATE, THE TREASURER AND THE
 CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE ARE JOINTLY AND  SEVERALLY  LIABLE  FOR
 ANY REPAYMENTS TO THE BOARD.
   (C) IF THE TOTAL OF PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND RECEIVED BY A PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE  AND HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE EXCEED THE TOTAL CAMPAIGN
 EXPENDITURES OF SUCH CANDIDATE AND AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FOR ALL  COVERED
 ELECTIONS  HELD  IN  THE SAME CALENDAR YEAR OR FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION TO
 FILL A VACANCY, SUCH CANDIDATE AND COMMITTEE SHALL USE SUCH EXCESS FUNDS
 TO REIMBURSE THE FUND FOR PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY SUCH AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE
 FROM THE FUND DURING SUCH CALENDAR YEAR OR FOR  SUCH  SPECIAL  ELECTION.
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD UNSPENT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN
 FUNDS FROM AN ELECTION  NOT  LATER  THAN  TWENTY-SEVEN  DAYS  AFTER  ALL
 LIABILITIES  FOR THE ELECTION HAVE BEEN PAID AND IN ANY EVENT, NOT LATER
 THAN THE DAY ON WHICH THE BOARD ISSUES ITS FINAL AUDIT  REPORT  FOR  THE
 PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 ALL UNSPENT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE SHALL BE
 IMMEDIATELY DUE AND PAYABLE TO THE BOARD UPON  A  DETERMINATION  BY  THE
 BOARD  THAT  THE  PARTICIPANT  HAS  DELAYED  THE  POST-ELECTION AUDIT. A
 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE MAY MAKE POST-ELECTION EXPENDITURES WITH  PUBLIC
 FUNDS ONLY FOR ROUTINE ACTIVITIES INVOLVING NOMINAL COST ASSOCIATED WITH
 WINDING  UP A CAMPAIGN AND RESPONDING TO THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT.  NOTH-
 ING IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A CANDIDATE  OR  HIS  OR
 HER AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE FROM USING CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM
 PRIVATE CONTRIBUTORS FOR OTHERWISE LAWFUL EXPENDITURES.
   3.  RULES AND REGULATIONS.  THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE REGULATIONS FOR
 THE CERTIFICATION OF THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS  PAYABLE  BY  THE  COMPTROLLER,
 FROM  THE FUND ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-T OF THE STATE
 FINANCE LAW, TO A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE THAT HAS QUALIFIED TO  RECEIVE

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 SUCH  PAYMENT.  THESE  REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE  THE PROMULGATION AND
 DISTRIBUTION OF FORMS ON WHICH CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES ARE TO  BE
 REPORTED,  THE  PERIODS  DURING WHICH SUCH REPORTS MUST BE FILED AND THE
 VERIFICATION  REQUIRED.  THE BOARD SHALL INSTITUTE PROCEDURES WHICH WILL
 MAKE POSSIBLE PAYMENT BY  THE  FUND  WITHIN  FOUR  BUSINESS  DAYS  AFTER
 RECEIPT OF THE REQUIRED FORMS AND VERIFICATIONS.
   §   14-210.   ENFORCEMENT  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS  AND  OTHER
 PROCEEDINGS.  1. CIVIL PENALTIES. VIOLATIONS OF ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS
 TITLE  OR  RULE PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A
 CIVIL PENALTY IN AN AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS.
   2. NOTICE OF VIOLATION AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST. THE BOARD SHALL:
   (A) DETERMINE WHETHER A VIOLATION OF ANY PROVISION OF  THIS  TITLE  OR
 RULE PROMULGATED HEREUNDER HAS BEEN COMMITTED;
   (B) GIVE WRITTEN NOTICE AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST BEFORE AN INDE-
 PENDENT  HEARING  OFFICER  TO  EACH  PERSON  OR  ENTITY IT HAS REASON TO
 BELIEVE HAS COMMITTED A VIOLATION; AND
   (C) IF APPROPRIATE, ASSESS PENALTIES FOR  VIOLATIONS,  FOLLOWING  SUCH
 NOTICE AND OPPORTUNITY TO CONTEST.
   3.  CRIMINAL CONDUCT. ANY PERSON WHO KNOWINGLY AND WILLFULLY FURNISHES
 OR SUBMITS FALSE STATEMENTS OR INFORMATION TO THE  BOARD  IN  CONNECTION
 WITH  ITS ADMINISTRATION OF THIS TITLE, SHALL BE GUILTY OF A MISDEMEANOR
 IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER PENALTY AS MAY BE IMPOSED UNDER THIS CHAPTER OR
 PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER LAW. THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL SHALL  SEEK  TO
 RECOVER  ANY PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS OBTAINED AS A RESULT OF SUCH CRIMINAL
 CONDUCT.
   4. PROCEEDINGS AS TO PUBLIC FINANCING. (A) THE DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
 BILITY PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND ANY  QUESTION  OR  ISSUE  RELATING  TO
 PAYMENTS  FOR  CAMPAIGN  EXPENDITURES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  TITLE  MAY BE
 CONTESTED IN A PROCEEDING INSTITUTED IN THE SUPREME COURT, ALBANY  COUN-
 TY, BY ANY AGGRIEVED CANDIDATE.
   (B)  A  PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO SUCH A DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY
 OR PAYMENT FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES PURSUANT TO THIS  CHAPTER
 SHALL  BE  INSTITUTED  WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS AFTER SUCH DETERMINATION WAS
 MADE. THE BOARD SHALL BE MADE A PARTY TO ANY SUCH PROCEEDING.
   (C) UPON THE BOARD'S FAILURE TO RECEIVE THE AMOUNT DUE FROM A  PARTIC-
 IPATING  CANDIDATE  OR  SUCH  CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE AFTER THE
 ISSUANCE OF WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH  AMOUNT  DUE,  AS  REQUIRED  BY  THIS
 TITLE,  THE  CHIEF  ENFORCEMENT  COUNSEL  IS  AUTHORIZED  TO INSTITUTE A
 SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION IN SUPREME COURT, ALBANY  COUNTY,  TO
 OBTAIN  A JUDGMENT FOR ANY AMOUNTS DETERMINED TO BE PAYABLE TO THE BOARD
 AS A RESULT OF AN EXAMINATION AND AUDIT MADE PURSUANT TO THIS  TITLE  OR
 TO OBTAIN SUCH AMOUNTS DIRECTLY FROM THE CANDIDATE OR AUTHORIZED COMMIT-
 TEE AFTER A HEARING AT THE BOARD.
   (D) THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL IS AUTHORIZED TO INSTITUTE A SPECIAL
 PROCEEDING  OR CIVIL ACTION IN SUPREME COURT, ALBANY COUNTY, TO OBTAIN A
 JUDGMENT FOR CIVIL PENALTIES DETERMINED  TO  BE  PAYABLE  TO  THE  BOARD
 PURSUANT  TO THIS TITLE OR TO IMPOSE SUCH PENALTY DIRECTLY AFTER A HEAR-
 ING AT THE BOARD.
   § 14-211. REPORTS. THE BOARD SHALL REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE  EFFECT  OF
 THIS  TITLE  UPON  THE  CONDUCT OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND SHALL SUBMIT A
 REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWEN-
 TY-ONE, AND EVERY THIRD YEAR THEREAFTER, AND AT ANY OTHER TIME UPON  THE
 REQUEST  OF  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  AT  SUCH OTHER TIMES AS THE BOARD DEEMS
 APPROPRIATE. THESE REPORTS SHALL INCLUDE:

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   1. A LIST OF THE  PARTICIPATING  AND  NONPARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES  IN
 COVERED  ELECTIONS  AND  THE  VOTES  RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE IN THOSE
 ELECTIONS;
   2.  THE  AMOUNT  OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND LOANS RECEIVED, AND EXPENDITURES
 MADE, ON BEHALF OF THESE CANDIDATES;
   3. THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS  EACH  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE
 RECEIVED, SPENT, AND REPAID PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE;
   4.  ANALYSIS  OF  THE  EFFECT  OF  THIS  TITLE ON POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS,
 INCLUDING ITS EFFECT ON THE SOURCES AND AMOUNTS  OF  PRIVATE  FINANCING,
 THE  LEVEL  OF CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES, VOTER PARTICIPATION, THE NUMBER OF
 CANDIDATES, THE CANDIDATES' ABILITY TO CAMPAIGN EFFECTIVELY  FOR  PUBLIC
 OFFICE,  AND  THE DIVERSITY OF CANDIDATES SEEKING AND ELECTED TO OFFICE;
 AND
   5. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS TO THIS TITLE, INCLUDING CHANGES  IN
 CONTRIBUTION  LIMITS, THRESHOLDS FOR ELIGIBILITY, AND ANY OTHER FEATURES
 OF THE SYSTEM.
   § 14-212. DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES FOR  STATEWIDE  OFFICE.    THE  BOARD
 SHALL  PROMULGATE  REGULATIONS TO FACILITATE DEBATES AMONG PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATES WHO SEEK ELECTION TO STATEWIDE OFFICE.  PARTICIPATING  CANDI-
 DATES ARE REQUIRED TO PARTICIPATE IN ONE DEBATE BEFORE EACH ELECTION FOR
 WHICH  THE  CANDIDATE  RECEIVES  PUBLIC  FUNDS, UNLESS THE PARTICIPATING
 CANDIDATE IS RUNNING UNOPPOSED. NONPARTICIPATING CANDIDATES MAY  PARTIC-
 IPATE IN SUCH DEBATES.
   §  14-213. SEVERABILITY.   IF ANY CLAUSE, SENTENCE, SUBDIVISION, PARA-
 GRAPH, SECTION OR PART OF THIS TITLE BE ADJUDGED BY ANY COURT OF  COMPE-
 TENT  JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID, SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT, IMPAIR
 OR INVALIDATE THE REMAINDER THEREOF, BUT SHALL BE CONFINED IN ITS OPERA-
 TION TO THE CLAUSE, SENTENCE, SUBDIVISION, PARAGRAPH,  SECTION  OR  PART
 THEREOF  DIRECTLY  INVOLVED  IN  THE  CONTROVERSY IN WHICH SUCH JUDGMENT
 SHALL HAVE BEEN RENDERED.
   § 9. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-t  to
 read as follows:
   §  92-T.  NEW  YORK  STATE  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE FUND. 1. THERE IS HEREBY
 ESTABLISHED IN THE JOINT  CUSTODY  OF  THE  STATE  COMPTROLLER  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE NEW YORK
 STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
   2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE NEW  YORK
 STATE  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE  FUND  CHECK-OFF  PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (H) OF
 SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE TAX LAW, FROM THE ABANDONED PROP-
 ERTY FUND PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-FIVE  OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  FROM  THE
 GENERAL  FUND, AND FROM ALL OTHER MONEYS CREDITED OR TRANSFERRED THERETO
 FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW.   SUCH  FUND  SHALL  ALSO
 RECEIVE  CONTRIBUTIONS FROM PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS, OR OTHER
 PERSONS TO FULFILL THE PURPOSES OF THE PUBLIC FINANCING SYSTEM.
   3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY
 BE EXPENDED FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING PAYMENTS TO  CANDIDATES  PURSUANT
 TO  TITLE II OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE ELECTION LAW AND FOR ADMINISTRA-
 TIVE EXPENSES RELATED TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN  OF  THE
 ELECTION  LAW.  MONEYS  SHALL BE PAID OUT OF THE FUND BY THE STATE COMP-
 TROLLER ON  VOUCHERS  CERTIFIED  OR  APPROVED  BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS,   OR  ITS  DULY  DESIGNATED  REPRESENTATIVE,  IN  THE  MANNER
 PRESCRIBED BY LAW, NOT MORE THAN FIVE WORKING DAYS AFTER SUCH VOUCHER IS
 RECEIVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
   4. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  IF,  IN  ANY
 STATE  FISCAL  YEAR, THE STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND LACKS THE AMOUNT OF
 MONEY TO PAY ALL CLAIMS VOUCHERED BY ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES  AND  CERTIFIED

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 OR  APPROVED  BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, ANY SUCH DEFICIENCY SHALL
 BE PAID BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER, FROM FUNDS DEPOSITED  IN  THE  GENERAL
 FUND  OF THE STATE NOT MORE THAN FOUR WORKING DAYS AFTER SUCH VOUCHER IS
 RECEIVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
   5.  COMMENCING  IN  TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, IF THE SURPLUS IN THE FUND ON
 APRIL FIRST OF THE YEAR AFTER A YEAR IN  WHICH  A  GOVERNOR  IS  ELECTED
 EXCEEDS  TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE DISBURSEMENTS FROM THE FUND OVER THE
 PREVIOUS FOUR YEARS, THE EXCESS SHALL REVERT TO THE GENERAL FUND OF  THE
 STATE.
   6.  NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN A
 PRIMARY  ELECTION  ANY  EARLIER  THAN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER   DESIGNATING
 PETITIONS  OR  CERTIFICATES  OF NOMINATION HAVE BEEN FILED AND NOT LATER
 THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SUCH PRIMARY ELECTION.
   7. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN  A
 GENERAL  ELECTION  ANY EARLIER THAN THE DAY AFTER THE DAY OF THE PRIMARY
 ELECTION HELD TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES FOR SUCH ELECTION.
   8. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN  A
 SPECIAL  ELECTION  ANY  EARLIER  THAN THE DAY AFTER THE LAST DAY TO FILE
 CERTIFICATES OF PARTY NOMINATION FOR SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION.
   9. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO ANY  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE  WHO
 HAS  BEEN DISQUALIFIED OR WHOSE DESIGNATING PETITIONS HAVE BEEN DECLARED
 INVALID BY THE APPROPRIATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OR A  COURT  OF  COMPETENT
 JURISDICTION UNTIL AND UNLESS SUCH FINDING IS REVERSED BY A HIGHER COURT
 IN A FINAL JUDGMENT.  NO PAYMENT FROM THE FUND IN THE POSSESSION OF SUCH
 A  CANDIDATE  OR SUCH CANDIDATE'S PARTICIPATING COMMITTEE ON THE DATE OF
 SUCH DISQUALIFICATION OR INVALIDATION MAY THEREAFTER BE EXPENDED FOR ANY
 PURPOSE EXCEPT THE PAYMENT OF LIABILITIES  INCURRED  BEFORE  SUCH  DATE.
 ALL SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE REPAID TO THE FUND.
   §  10.  Section 95 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) AS OFTEN AS NECESSARY, THE CO-CHAIRS  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS SHALL CERTIFY THE AMOUNT SUCH CO-CHAIRS HAVE DETERMINED NECES-
 SARY  TO  FUND  ESTIMATED  PAYMENTS FROM THE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION
 NINETY-TWO-T OF  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR  THE  PRIMARY,  GENERAL  OR  SPECIAL
 ELECTION.
   (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  THIS SECTION AUTHORIZING THE
 TRANSFER OF ANY MONEYS IN THE ABANDONED PROPERTY  FUND  TO  THE  GENERAL
 FUND, THE COMPTROLLER, AFTER RECEIVING AMOUNTS  SUFFICIENT TO PAY CLAIMS
 AGAINST  THE  ABANDONED PROPERTY FUND, SHALL, BASED UPON A CERTIFICATION
 OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION, AND AT THE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET, TRANSFER THE
 REQUESTED AMOUNT FROM REMAINING AVAILABLE MONIES IN THE ABANDONED  PROP-
 ERTY  FUND  TO  THE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-
 TWO-T OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 11. Section 658 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
 (h) to read as follows:
   (H) NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND CHECK-OFF. (1) FOR EACH TAXA-
 BLE YEAR BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND  EIGHTEEN,
 EVERY  RESIDENT  TAXPAYER  WHOSE NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY FOR
 THE TAXABLE YEAR FOR WHICH THE RETURN IS FILED IS FORTY DOLLARS OR  MORE
 MAY  DESIGNATE  ON  SUCH  RETURN THAT FORTY DOLLARS BE PAID INTO THE NEW
 YORK STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-TWO-T  OF
 THE  STATE FINANCE LAW. WHERE A HUSBAND AND WIFE FILE A JOINT RETURN AND
 HAVE A NEW YORK STATE INCOME TAX LIABILITY  FOR  THE  TAXABLE  YEAR  FOR
 WHICH  THE  RETURN  IS FILED IS EIGHTY DOLLARS OR MORE, OR FILE SEPARATE
 RETURNS ON A SINGLE FORM, EACH SUCH TAXPAYER MAY  MAKE  SEPARATE  DESIG-

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 NATIONS  ON  SUCH  RETURN  OF FORTY DOLLARS TO BE PAID INTO THE NEW YORK
 STATE CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
   (2)  THE  COMMISSIONER  SHALL  TRANSFER TO THE NEW YORK STATE CAMPAIGN
 FINANCE FUND, ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION NINETY-TWO-T OF THE  STATE
 FINANCE  LAW,  AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO FORTY DOLLARS MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER
 OF DESIGNATIONS.
   (3) FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION, THE INCOME TAX  LIABILITY  OF  AN
 INDIVIDUAL  FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR IS THE AMOUNT OF TAX IMPOSED UNDER THIS
 ARTICLE REDUCED BY THE SUM OF THE  CREDITS  (AS  SHOWN  IN  HIS  OR  HER
 RETURN) ALLOWABLE UNDER THIS ARTICLE.
   (4)  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL INCLUDE A PLACE ON EVERY PERSONAL INCOME TAX
 RETURN FORM TO BE FILED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR A TAX YEAR BEGINNING ON  OR
 AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN, FOR SUCH TAXPAYER TO MAKE
 THE DESIGNATIONS DESCRIBED IN PARAGRAPH ONE  OF  THIS  SUBSECTION.  SUCH
 RETURN  FORM  SHALL CONTAIN A CONCISE EXPLANATION OF THE PURPOSE OF SUCH
 OPTIONAL DESIGNATIONS.
   § 12. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
 section  or part of title II of article 14 of the election law, as added
 by section three of this act be  adjudged  by  any  court  of  competent
 jurisdiction  to  be  invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or
 invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation
 to the clause, sentence, subdivision, paragraph, section or part thereof
 directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment  shall  have
 been rendered.
   §  13.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, all
 affected candidates will be eligible to participate in voluntary  public
 financing beginning with the 2020 primary election.
 
                                  PART G
 
   Section  1.  Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 86 of the public officers
 law, as added by chapter 933 of the laws of 1977, are amended and a  new
 subdivision 6 is added to read as follows:
   2.  "State  legislature"  means  the  [legislature of the state of New
 York, including] NEW YORK STATE SENATE, NEW  YORK  STATE  ASSEMBLY,  any
 committee,  subcommittee,  joint committee, select committee, or commis-
 sion thereof, AND ANY MEMBERS, OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES  AND  EMPLOYEES
 THEREOF.
   3.  "Agency"  means  any state or municipal department, board, bureau,
 division, commission, committee, public authority,  public  corporation,
 council,  office, or other governmental entity performing a governmental
 or proprietary function for the state or any one or more  municipalities
 thereof, except the judiciary [or the state legislature].
   6.  "RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE LEGISLATURE" MEANS THE NEW YORK
 STATE SENATE, NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY, AND ANY CORRESPONDING  COMMITTEE,
 SUBCOMMITTEE,  JOINT COMMITTEE, SELECT COMMITTEE, OR COMMISSION THEREOF,
 AND ANY MEMBERS, OFFICERS, REPRESENTATIVES AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF.
   § 2. Section 87 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 933 of
 the laws of 1977, paragraph (a) and the opening paragraph  of  paragraph
 (b)  of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by chapter 80 of the laws of 1983,
 subparagraph iii of paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended and  para-
 graph  (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 5 as added by chapter 223 of
 the laws of 2008, paragraph (d) of subdivision 2 as amended  by  chapter
 289  of  the  laws of 1990, paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 as amended by
 chapter 403 of the laws of 2003,  paragraph  (g)  of  subdivision  2  as
 amended by chapter 510 of the laws of 1999, paragraph (i) of subdivision

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 2 as amended by chapter 154 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (j) of subdi-
 vision  2  as added by chapter 746 of the laws of 1988, paragraph (k) of
 subdivision 2 as separately added by chapters 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 383
 of  the laws of 2009, paragraph (l) of subdivision 2 as added by section
 12 of part II of chapter 59 of the laws of 2010, paragraph (m) of subdi-
 vision 2 as added by chapter 189 of the laws of 2013, paragraph  (n)  of
 subdivision  2 as added by chapter 43 of the laws of 2014, paragraph (n)
 of subdivision 2 as separately added by chapters 99, 101, and 123 of the
 laws of 2014, paragraph (o) of subdivision 2 as added by chapter 222  of
 the  laws  of 2015, paragraph (c) of subdivision 3 as amended by chapter
 499 of the laws of 2008, subdivision 4 as added by chapter  890  of  the
 laws of 1981, and paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as added by chapter 102
 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
   § 87. Access  to  agency  OR  STATE LEGISLATURE records. 1. (a) Within
 sixty days after the effective date of this article, the governing  body
 of  each  public  corporation  shall  promulgate uniform rules and regu-
 lations for all agencies in such public  corporation  pursuant  to  such
 general  rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the committee on
 open government in conformity  with  the  provisions  of  this  article,
 pertaining to the administration of this article.
   (b)  Each agency AND EACH HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE shall promul-
 gate rules and regulations, in conformity with this article and applica-
 ble rules and regulations promulgated  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of
 paragraph  (a)  of  this subdivision, and pursuant to such general rules
 and regulations as may be promulgated by the committee on  open  govern-
 ment  in  conformity  with the provisions of this article, pertaining to
 the availability of records and procedures to  be  followed,  including,
 but not limited to:
   i. the times and places such records are available;
   ii. the persons from whom such records may be obtained[,]; and
   iii. the fees for copies of records which shall not exceed twenty-five
 cents  per photocopy not in excess of nine inches by fourteen inches, or
 the actual cost of reproducing any other record in accordance  with  the
 provisions of paragraph (c) of this subdivision, except when a different
 fee is otherwise prescribed by statute.
   (c)  In determining the actual cost of reproducing a record, an agency
 AND THE STATE LEGISLATURE may include only:
   i. an amount equal to the hourly salary attributed to the lowest  paid
 EMPLOYEE OF AN agency or [employee] RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGIS-
 LATURE  who  has  the  necessary skill required to prepare a copy of the
 requested record;
   ii. the actual cost of the storage devices or media  provided  to  the
 person making the request in complying with such request;
   iii.  the  actual cost to the agency OR TO THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE of engaging an outside professional service to prepare
 a copy of a record, but only when an agency's OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE'S information technology equipment  is  inadequate  to
 prepare a copy, if such service is used to prepare the copy; and
   iv.  preparing  a copy shall not include search time or administrative
 costs, and no fee shall be charged unless at least two hours  of  agency
 OR  RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE employee time is needed to
 prepare a copy of the record requested. A  person  requesting  a  record
 shall  be  informed  of  the  estimated  cost of preparing a copy of the
 record if more than two hours of an agency OR RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE  employee's  time is needed, or if an outside profes-
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   2. Each agency AND THE  RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE
 shall, in accordance with its published rules, make available for public
 inspection  and  copying  all  records,  except that such agency AND THE
 RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE may deny access to records  or
 portions thereof that:
   (a)  are  specifically  exempted  from  disclosure by state or federal
 statute;
   (b) if disclosed would constitute an unwarranted invasion of  personal
 privacy  under  the provisions of subdivision two of section eighty-nine
 of this article;
   (c) if disclosed would impair present or imminent contract  awards  or
 collective  bargaining negotiations PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE PROPOSED
 TERMS OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN A PUBLIC EMPLOYER AND AN  EMPLOYEE  ORGAN-
 IZATION,  AS  THOSE  TERMS  ARE DEFINED IN ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL
 SERVICE LAW, THAT REQUIRE RATIFICATION BY MEMBERS OF THE EMPLOYEE ORGAN-
 IZATION OR BY THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER, WHERE APPLICABLE, OR APPROVAL OF SUCH
 PROVISIONS BY THE APPROPRIATE LEGISLATIVE BODY AS  REQUIRED  BY  SECTION
 TWO  HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW, SHALL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO
 THE PUBLIC NO LATER THAN WHEN SUCH PROPOSED TERMS ARE SENT TO MEMBERS OF
 THE  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  FOR  RATIFICATION,  WHEN  SUCH  TERMS   ARE
 PRESENTED  TO  THE  EMPLOYER FOR RATIFICATION, WHERE APPLICABLE, OR WHEN
 THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENT REQUIRING APPROVAL BY  THE  APPROPRIATE
 LEGISLATIVE  BODY  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION TWO HUNDRED FOUR-A OF THE CIVIL
 SERVICE LAW ARE SUBMITTED TO SUCH  BODY,  WHICHEVER  DATE  IS  EARLIEST.
 ADDITIONALLY,  A  COPY  OF THE PROPOSED TERMS OF SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL BE
 PLACED ON THE  WEBSITE  OF  THE  APPLICABLE  PUBLIC  EMPLOYER,  IF  SUCH
 WEBSITES  EXIST,  AND  WITHIN  THE LOCAL PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND OFFICES OF
 SUCH PUBLIC EMPLOYER, OR IN THE CASE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS
 NEGOTIATED BY THE STATE, ON  THE  WEBSITE  OF  THE  OFFICE  OF  EMPLOYEE
 RELATIONS ON SUCH DATE;
   (d)  are trade secrets or are submitted to an agency OR TO THE RESPEC-
 TIVE HOUSE OF THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  by  a  commercial  enterprise  or
 derived from information obtained from a commercial enterprise and which
 if  disclosed would cause substantial injury to the competitive position
 of the subject enterprise;
   (e) are compiled for law enforcement purposes and which, if disclosed,
 would:
   i.  interfere  with  law  enforcement   investigations   or   judicial
 proceedings;
   ii.  deprive  a person of a right to a fair trial or impartial adjudi-
 cation;
   iii. identify a confidential source or disclose confidential  informa-
 tion relating to a criminal investigation; or
   iv.  reveal  criminal  investigative  techniques or procedures, except
 routine techniques and procedures;
   (f) if disclosed could endanger CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OR the life or
 safety of any person;
   (g) are inter-agency or intra-agency materials which are not:
   i. statistical or factual tabulations or data;
   ii. instructions to staff that affect the public;
   iii. final agency policy or determinations;
   iv. external audits, including but not limited to audits performed  by
 the comptroller and the federal government; [or]
   (G-1)  ARE  MATERIALS EXCHANGED WITHIN THE STATE LEGISLATURE WHICH ARE
 NOT:
   I. STATISTICAL OR FACTUAL TABULATIONS OR DATA;

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   II. INSTRUCTIONS TO STAFF THAT AFFECT THE PUBLIC;
   III.  FINAL  POLICY  OR  DETERMINATIONS OF THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE;
   IV. EXTERNAL AUDITS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AUDITS PERFORMED  BY
 THE COMPTROLLER AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; OR
   (h)  are examination questions or answers which are requested prior to
 the final administration of such questions.
   (i) if disclosed, would jeopardize the  capacity  of  an  agency,  THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE,  or  an  entity  that has shared information with an
 agency OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE to guarantee the security of its  infor-
 mation  technology  assets,  such  assets  encompassing  both electronic
 information systems and infrastructures; or
   (j) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under  authority of section eleven hundred eleven-a of
 the vehicle and traffic law.
   (k) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under  authority of section eleven hundred eleven-b of
 the vehicle and traffic law.
   (l) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  produced  by a bus lane photo device prepared under authority of
 section eleven hundred eleven-c of the vehicle and traffic law.
   (m) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under the authority of section eleven hundred eighty-b
 of the vehicle and traffic law.
   (n) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under the authority of section eleven hundred eighty-c
 of the vehicle and traffic law.
   (n) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under  authority of section eleven hundred eleven-d of
 the vehicle and traffic law.
   (o) are photographs, microphotographs,  videotape  or  other  recorded
 images  prepared  under  authority of section eleven hundred eleven-e of
 the vehicle and traffic law.
   3. Each agency AND RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  shall
 maintain:
   (a) a record of the final vote of each member in every agency OR STATE
 LEGISLATURE proceeding in which the member votes;
   (B)  A  RECORD  OF  VOTES  OF  EACH  MEMBER IN EVERY SESSION AND EVERY
 COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING IN WHICH THE MEMBER OF THE SENATE  OR
 ASSEMBLY VOTES;
   [(b)]  (C)  a  record  setting  forth the name, public office address,
 title and salary of every officer or employee of the agency OR THE STATE
 LEGISLATURE; and
   [(c)] (D) a reasonably detailed current list by subject matter of  all
 records in the possession of the agency OR STATE LEGISLATURE, whether or
 not  available under this article. Each agency AND EACH RESPECTIVE HOUSE
 OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE shall update its subject matter list  annually,
 and  the date of the most recent update shall be conspicuously indicated
 on the list. [Each] THE STATE  LEGISLATURE  AND  EACH  state  agency  as
 defined  in  subdivision  four  of this section that maintains a website
 shall post its current list on its website and  such  posting  shall  be
 linked  to  the  website  of  the committee on open government. Any such
 agency OR PART OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE that does not maintain a website
 shall arrange to have its list posted on the website of the committee on
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   4. (a) Each state agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGISLATURE
 which maintains records containing trade secrets, to which access may be
 denied  pursuant  to  paragraph  (d) of subdivision two of this section,
 shall promulgate regulations in conformity with the provisions of subdi-
 vision  five  of  section eighty-nine of this article pertaining to such
 records, including, but not limited to the following:
   (1) the manner of identifying the records or parts;
   (2) the manner of identifying persons within the agency OR  RESPECTIVE
 HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE to whose custody the records or parts
 will be charged and for whose inspection and study the records  will  be
 made available;
   (3)  the manner of safeguarding against any unauthorized access to the
 records.
   (b) As used in this subdivision the term "agency"  or  "state  agency"
 means  only  a  state department, board, bureau, division, council [or],
 office and any public corporation the  majority  of  whose  members  are
 appointed by the governor.
   (c) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "STATE LEGISLATURE" MEANS THE
 LEGISLATURE  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   (D) Each state agency AND RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE
 that  maintains a website shall post information related to this article
 and article six-A of this chapter on its website. Such information shall
 include, at a minimum, contact information for  the  persons  from  whom
 records  of  the agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE may
 be obtained, the  times  and  places  such  records  are  available  for
 inspection  and  copying,  and  information on how to request records in
 person, by mail, and, if the agency OR RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE
 LEGISLATURE accepts requests for records electronically, by e-mail. This
 posting  shall be linked to the website of the committee on open govern-
 ment.
   5. (a) An agency AND THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE
 shall provide records on the medium requested by a person, if the agency
 OR  THE  RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE can reasonably make
 such copy or have such copy made by  engaging  an  outside  professional
 service. Records provided in a computer format shall not be encrypted.
   (b)  No  agency  NOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE shall enter into or renew a
 contract for the creation or maintenance of  records  if  such  contract
 impairs  the  right of the public to inspect or copy the agency's OR THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE'S records.
   6. (A) EACH AGENCY AND HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE  SHALL  PUBLISH,
 ON  ITS INTERNET WEBSITE, TO THE EXTENT PRACTICABLE, RECORDS OR PORTIONS
 OF RECORDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC PURSUANT TO  THE  PROVISIONS
 OF  THIS ARTICLE, OR WHICH, IN CONSIDERATION OF THEIR NATURE, CONTENT OR
 SUBJECT MATTER, ARE DETERMINED BY THE  AGENCY  OR  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE
 LEGISLATURE  TO  BE  OF  SUBSTANTIAL  INTEREST  TO  THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH
 RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM THE INTERNET  WEBSITE  WHEN  THE  AGENCY  OR
 HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE DETERMINES THAT THEY ARE NO LONGER OF
 SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST TO THE PUBLIC. ANY SUCH RECORDS MAY BE REMOVED FROM
 THE INTERNET WEBSITE WHEN THEY HAVE  REACHED  THE  END  OF  THEIR  LEGAL
 RETENTION PERIOD. GUIDANCE ON CREATING RECORDS IN ACCESSIBLE FORMATS AND
 ENSURING  THEIR  CONTINUING  ACCESSIBILITY  SHALL  BE AVAILABLE FROM THE
 OFFICE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES AND THE STATE ARCHIVES.
   (B) THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY  TO  RECORDS  OR PORTIONS OF RECORDS THE DISCLOSURE OF WHICH WOULD

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 CONSTITUTE AN UNWARRANTED INVASION OF  PERSONAL  PRIVACY  IN  ACCORDANCE
 WITH SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS ARTICLE.
   (C)  THE  COMMITTEE  ON OPEN GOVERNMENT SHALL PROMULGATE GUIDELINES TO
 EFFECTUATE THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (D) NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE  CONSTRUED  AS  TO  LIMIT  OR
 ABRIDGE  THE  POWER  OF  AN  AGENCY OR HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE TO
 PUBLISH RECORDS  ON  ITS  INTERNET  WEBSITE  THAT  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE  PRIOR  TO A WRITTEN REQUEST OR PRIOR TO A
 FREQUENT REQUEST.
   § 3. Section 88 of the public officers law is REPEALED.
   § 4. Section 89 of the public officers law, as added by chapter 933 of
 the laws of 1977, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended  by  chapter
 33  of  the  laws  of 1984, paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 as amended by
 chapter 182 of the laws of 2006, subdivision 2 as amended by section  11
 of part U of chapter 61 of the laws of 2011, subdivision 2-a as added by
 chapter 652 of the laws of 1983, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 223
 of  the laws of 2008, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 22 of the laws
 of 2005, paragraph (c) of subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 453 of the
 laws of 2017, paragraph (d) of subdivision 4 as added by chapter 487  of
 the laws of 2016, subdivision 5 as added and subdivision 6 as renumbered
 by  chapter  890  of the laws of 1981, paragraph (a) of subdivision 5 as
 amended by chapter 403 of the laws of 2003, paragraph (d) of subdivision
 5 as amended by chapter 339 of the laws of 2004, subdivision 7 as  added
 by  chapter  783  of the laws of 1983, subdivision 8 as added by chapter
 705 of the laws of 1989, and subdivision 9 as added by  chapter  351  of
 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   § 89. General provisions relating to access to records; certain cases.
 The provisions of this section apply to access to all records, except as
 hereinafter specified:
   1. (a) The committee on open government is continued and shall consist
 of  the  lieutenant governor or the delegate of such officer, the secre-
 tary of state or the delegate of such officer, whose office shall act as
 secretariat for the committee, the commissioner of the office of general
 services or the delegate of such officer, the director of the budget  or
 the  delegate  of  such  officer,  and seven other persons, none of whom
 shall hold any other state or local public office except  the  represen-
 tative  of  local  governments  as  set forth herein, to be appointed as
 follows: five by the governor, at least two of whom  are  or  have  been
 representatives of the news media, one of whom shall be a representative
 of  local  government  who,  at the time of appointment, is serving as a
 duly elected officer of a local government, one by the temporary  presi-
 dent  of the senate, and one by the speaker of the assembly. The persons
 appointed by the temporary president of the senate and  the  speaker  of
 the  assembly shall be appointed to serve, respectively, until the expi-
 ration of the terms of office of the temporary president and the speaker
 to which the temporary president and  speaker  were  elected.  The  four
 persons presently serving by appointment of the governor for fixed terms
 shall  continue to serve until the expiration of their respective terms.
 Thereafter, their respective successors shall be appointed for terms  of
 four  years. The member representing local government shall be appointed
 for a term of four years, so long as such member  shall  remain  a  duly
 elected  officer of a local government. The committee shall hold no less
 than two meetings annually, but may meet at any time. The members of the
 committee  shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement  for  actual  expenses
 incurred in the discharge of their duties.
   (b) The committee shall:

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   i.  furnish  to  any agency AND TO EACH HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
 advisory guidelines, opinions or other appropriate information regarding
 this article;
   ii.  furnish  to  any  person  advisory  opinions or other appropriate
 information regarding this article;
   iii. promulgate rules and regulations with respect to the  implementa-
 tion  of  subdivision  one  and  paragraph  (c)  of subdivision three of
 section eighty-seven of this article;
   iv. request from any agency AND FROM EITHER HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGIS-
 LATURE  such  assistance,  services  and  information as will enable the
 committee to effectively carry out its powers and duties;
   v. develop a form, which shall be made available on the internet, that
 may be used by the public to request a record; and
   vi. report on its activities and findings regarding this  article  and
 article  seven of this chapter, including recommendations for changes in
 the law, to the governor and the  legislature  annually,  on  or  before
 December fifteenth.
   2. (a) The committee on [public access to records] OPEN GOVERNMENT may
 promulgate guidelines regarding deletion of identifying details or with-
 holding  of  records  otherwise  available under this article to prevent
 unwarranted invasions of personal privacy. In the absence of such guide-
 lines, an agency AND THE  RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  STATE  LEGISLATURE  may
 delete identifying details when it makes records available.
   (b)  An  unwarranted  invasion of personal privacy includes, but shall
 not be limited to:
   i. disclosure of employment, medical or credit histories  or  personal
 references of applicants for employment;
   ii. disclosure of items involving the medical or personal records of a
 client or patient in a medical facility;
   iii.  sale  or  release  of lists of names and addresses if such lists
 would be used for solicitation or fund-raising purposes;
   iv. disclosure of information of a  personal  nature  when  disclosure
 would  result  in economic or personal hardship to the subject party and
 such information is not relevant to the work of the agency OR RESPECTIVE
 HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE requesting or maintaining it;
   v. disclosure of information of a personal nature reported  in  confi-
 dence  to  an agency OR TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE and not relevant to the
 ordinary work of such agency OR THE STATE LEGISLATURE;
   vi. information of a personal nature contained in a  workers'  compen-
 sation  record,  except  as provided by section one hundred ten-a of the
 workers' compensation law; [or]
   vii. disclosure of electronic contact information, such as  an  e-mail
 address  or  a  social  network username, that has been collected from a
 taxpayer under section one hundred four of the real property tax law; OR
   VIII. DISCLOSURE OF COMMUNICATIONS OF A PERSONAL NATURE BETWEEN LEGIS-
 LATORS AND THEIR CONSTITUENTS.
   (c) Unless otherwise provided by this article, disclosure shall not be
 construed to constitute an  unwarranted  invasion  of  personal  privacy
 pursuant to paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subdivision:
   i. when identifying details are deleted;
   ii.  when  the person to whom a record pertains consents in writing to
 disclosure;
   iii. when upon presenting reasonable proof of identity, a person seeks
 access to records pertaining to him or her; or
   iv. when a record or group of records relates to the right,  title  or
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 acteristics of real property, in which  case  disclosure  and  providing
 copies  of such record or group of records shall not be deemed an unwar-
 ranted invasion of personal privacy, provided that nothing herein  shall
 be  construed to authorize the disclosure of electronic contact informa-
 tion, such as an e-mail address or a social network username,  that  has
 been  collected  from  a  taxpayer under section one hundred four of the
 real property tax law.
   2-a. Nothing in this article shall permit disclosure which constitutes
 an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy as  defined  in  subdivision
 two of this section if such disclosure is prohibited under section nine-
 ty-six of this chapter.
   3.  (a)  Each entity subject to the provisions of this article, within
 five business days of the receipt of a  written  request  for  a  record
 reasonably  described,  shall  make  such record available to the person
 requesting it, deny  such  request  in  writing  or  furnish  a  written
 acknowledgement  of  the  receipt of such request and a statement of the
 approximate date, which shall be reasonable under the  circumstances  of
 the  request,  when  such  request will be granted or denied, including,
 where appropriate, a statement that access to the record will be  deter-
 mined  in accordance with subdivision five of this section. [An] NEITHER
 AN agency NOR THE STATE LEGISLATURE shall [not] deny a  request  on  the
 basis  that  the request is voluminous or that locating or reviewing the
 requested records  or  providing  the  requested  copies  is  burdensome
 because  the  agency  OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE lacks
 sufficient staffing or on any other basis if the  agency  OR  RESPECTIVE
 HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  may  engage  an outside professional
 service to provide copying, programming or other  services  required  to
 provide  the copy, the costs of which the agency may recover pursuant to
 paragraph (c) of subdivision one of section eighty-seven of  this  arti-
 cle.  An agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE may require
 a  person  requesting  lists of names and addresses to provide a written
 certification that such person will not use  such  lists  of  names  and
 addresses  for  solicitation or fund-raising purposes and will not sell,
 give or otherwise make available such lists of names  and  addresses  to
 any  other  person  for  the purpose of allowing that person to use such
 lists of names and addresses for solicitation or fund-raising  purposes.
 If  an agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE determines to
 grant a request in whole  or  in  part,  and  if  circumstances  prevent
 disclosure  to the person requesting the record or records within twenty
 business days from the date of the acknowledgement of the receipt of the
 request, the agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGISLATURE  shall
 state,  in  writing,  both  the  reason  for  the inability to grant the
 request within twenty business days and a date certain within a  reason-
 able  period,  depending  on the circumstances, when the request will be
 granted in whole or in part. Upon payment of, or offer to pay,  the  fee
 prescribed  therefor, the entity shall provide a copy of such record and
 certify to the correctness of such copy if so requested, or as the  case
 may be, shall certify that it does not have possession of such record or
 that  such record cannot be found after diligent search. Nothing in this
 article shall be construed to require any entity to prepare  any  record
 not  possessed or maintained by such entity except the records specified
 in subdivision three of section eighty-seven [and subdivision  three  of
 section  eighty-eight] of this article. When an agency OR THE RESPECTIVE
 HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE has the ability to retrieve or extract  a
 record  or  data maintained in a computer storage system with reasonable
 effort, it shall be required to do  so.  When  doing  so  requires  less

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 employee  time than engaging in manual retrieval or redactions from non-
 electronic records, the agency AND RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGIS-
 LATURE  shall  be  required  to  retrieve or extract such record or data
 electronically.  Any  programming  necessary  to retrieve a record main-
 tained in a computer storage system and to transfer that record  to  the
 medium  requested  by  a person or to allow the transferred record to be
 read or printed shall not be deemed to be the preparation or creation of
 a new record.
   (b) All entities shall, provided  such  entity  has  reasonable  means
 available,  accept  requests  for records submitted in the form of elec-
 tronic mail and shall respond to such requests by electronic mail, using
 forms, to the extent practicable, consistent  with  the  form  or  forms
 developed  by  the  committee on open government pursuant to subdivision
 one of this section and provided that the written requests do not seek a
 response in some other form.
   4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision five  of  this  section,  any
 person  denied access to a record may within thirty days appeal in writ-
 ing such denial to the head, chief executive or governing  body  of  the
 entity, or the person therefor designated by such head, chief executive,
 or  governing body, who shall within ten business days of the receipt of
 such appeal fully explain in writing to the person requesting the record
 the reasons for further denial, or provide access to the record  sought.
 In  addition,  each agency OR THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLA-
 TURE shall immediately forward to the committee  on  open  government  a
 copy  of  such  appeal when received by the agency OR SUCH HOUSE and the
 ensuing determination thereon. Failure by an agency OR RESPECTIVE  HOUSE
 OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE  to conform to the provisions of subdivision
 three of this section shall constitute a denial.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivision five of this section,  a  person
 denied  access  to  a  record  in  an  appeal  determination  under  the
 provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivision may bring  a  proceeding
 for review of such denial pursuant to article seventy-eight of the civil
 practice law and rules. In the event that access to any record is denied
 pursuant to the provisions of subdivision two of section eighty-seven of
 this  article,  the  agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
 involved shall have the burden of proving that such record falls  within
 the  provisions of such subdivision two. Failure by an agency OR RESPEC-
 TIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE to  conform  to  the  provisions  of
 paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall constitute a denial.
   (c) The court in such a proceeding: (i) may assess, against such agen-
 cy  involved,  reasonable  attorney's  fees  and  other litigation costs
 reasonably incurred by such person in any case under the  provisions  of
 this  section in which such person has substantially prevailed, and when
 the agency failed to respond to a request or appeal within the statutory
 time; and (ii) shall assess, against such  agency  involved,  reasonable
 attorney's  fees  and other litigation costs reasonably incurred by such
 person in any case under the provisions of this section  in  which  such
 person  has  substantially prevailed and the court finds that the agency
 had no reasonable basis for denying access.
   (d) (i) Appeal to the appellate division of the supreme court must  be
 made  in  accordance  with subdivision (a) of section fifty-five hundred
 thirteen of the civil practice law and rules.
   (ii) An appeal from an agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGIS-
 LATURE  taken  from an order of the court requiring disclosure of any of
 all records sought:
   (A) shall be given preference;

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   (B) shall be brought on for argument on such terms and  conditions  as
 the  presiding  justice may direct, upon application of any party to the
 proceedings; and
   (C) shall be deemed abandoned if the agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE  fails  to  serve  and file a record and brief within
 sixty days after the date of service upon the petitioner of  the  notice
 of  appeal, unless consent to further extension is given by all parties,
 or unless further extension is granted by the court upon such  terms  as
 may be just and upon good cause shown.
   5.  (a)  (1) A person acting pursuant to law or regulation who, subse-
 quent to the effective date of this subdivision, submits any information
 to any state agency OR TO THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE  LEGISLATURE
 may,  at  the  time of submission, request that the agency OR SUCH HOUSE
 PROVISIONALLY except such information from  disclosure  under  paragraph
 (d)  of  subdivision  two of section eighty-seven of this article. Where
 the request itself contains information which if disclosed would  defeat
 the  purpose  for  which the exception is sought, such information shall
 also be PROVISIONALLY excepted from disclosure.
   (1-a) A person or entity who submits or otherwise makes available  any
 records  to  any agency OR A HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, may, at any
 time, identify those records or portions thereof that may contain  crit-
 ical infrastructure information, and request that the agency OR HOUSE OF
 THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE that maintains such records except such informa-
 tion from disclosure under subdivision two of  section  eighty-seven  of
 this  article.  Where  the  request itself contains information which if
 disclosed would defeat the purpose for which the  exception  is  sought,
 such information shall also be PROVISIONALLY excepted from disclosure.
   (2)  The  request  for an exception shall be in writing, SHALL SPECIF-
 ICALLY IDENTIFY WHICH PORTIONS OF THE RECORD  ARE  THE  SUBJECT  OF  THE
 REQUEST  FOR  EXCEPTION  and SHALL state the reasons why the information
 should be PROVISIONALLY excepted from disclosure. ANY SUCH  REQUEST  FOR
 AN EXCEPTION SHALL BE EFFECTIVE FOR A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD FROM THE AGENCY'S
 OR   RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE'S  RECEIPT  THEREOF.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT NOT LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION
 OF THE THEN CURRENT TERM OF THE EXCEPTION  REQUEST,  THE  SUBMITTER  MAY
 APPLY  TO  THE AGENCY OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR A
 TWO-YEAR EXTENSION OF ITS EXCEPTION REQUEST. UPON TIMELY  RECEIPT  OF  A
 REQUEST  FOR  AN EXTENSION OF AN EXCEPTION REQUEST, AN AGENCY OR RESPEC-
 TIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE MAY EITHER  (A)  PERFORM  A  CURSORY
 REVIEW  OF  THE  APPLICATION  AND GRANT THE EXTENSION SHOULD IT FIND ANY
 JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH DETERMINATION, OR (B) COMMENCE THE PROCEDURE  SET
 FORTH IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION TO MAKE A FINAL DETERMINATION
 GRANTING OR TERMINATING SUCH EXCEPTION.
   (3)  Information  submitted as provided in subparagraphs one and one-a
 of this paragraph shall be PROVISIONALLY excepted from disclosure and be
 maintained apart by the agency AND THE RESPECTIVE  HOUSE  OF  THE  STATE
 LEGISLATURE  from  all other records until THE EXPIRATION OF THE SUBMIT-
 TER'S EXCEPTION REQUEST OR fifteen days after the  entitlement  to  such
 exception has been finally determined or such further time as ordered by
 a court of competent jurisdiction.
   (b) [On the] DURING THE EFFECTIVE PERIOD OF AN EXCEPTION REQUEST UNDER
 THIS SUBDIVISION, ON THE initiative of the agency OR EITHER HOUSE OF THE
 STATE  LEGISLATURE  at any time, or upon the request of any person for a
 record excepted from disclosure pursuant to this subdivision, the agency
 OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE shall:

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   (1) inform the person who requested the exception of the  agency's  OR
 SUCH  HOUSE'S  intention  to  determine whether such exception should be
 granted or continued;
   (2) permit the person who requested the exception, within ten business
 days  of  receipt of notification from the agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF
 THE STATE LEGISLATURE, to submit a written statement  of  the  necessity
 for the granting or continuation of such exception;
   (3)  within  seven business days of receipt of such written statement,
 or within seven business days of the expiration of the period prescribed
 for submission of such statement, issue a written  determination  grant-
 ing,  continuing  or  terminating such exception and stating the reasons
 therefor; copies of such determination shall be served upon the  person,
 if  any,  requesting the record, the person who requested the exception,
 and the committee on [public access to records] OPEN GOVERNMENT.
   (c) A denial of an exception from disclosure under  paragraph  (b)  of
 this  subdivision  may be appealed by the person submitting the informa-
 tion and a denial of access to the record may be appealed by the  person
 requesting the record in accordance with this subdivision:
   (1)  Within  seven  business days of receipt of written notice denying
 the request, the person may file a written appeal from the determination
 of the agency OR THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE with  the
 head  of  the  agency  OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE, the
 chief executive officer or governing body or their designated  represen-
 tatives.
   (2)  The  appeal  shall  be determined within ten business days of the
 receipt of the appeal. Written notice  of  the  determination  shall  be
 served  upon  the  person, if any, requesting the record, the person who
 requested the exception and the committee on [public access to  records]
 OPEN GOVERNMENT. The notice shall contain a statement of the reasons for
 the determination.
   (d)  A proceeding to review an adverse determination pursuant to para-
 graph (c) of this subdivision  may  be  commenced  pursuant  to  article
 seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules. Such proceeding, when
 brought  by  a  person  seeking an exception from disclosure pursuant to
 this subdivision, must be commenced within fifteen days of  the  service
 of  the written notice containing the adverse determination provided for
 in subparagraph two of paragraph (c) of this subdivision. THE PROCEEDING
 SHALL BE GIVEN PREFERENCE AND SHALL BE BROUGHT ON FOR ARGUMENT  ON  SUCH
 TERMS  AND CONDITIONS AS THE PRESIDING JUSTICE MAY DIRECT, NOT TO EXCEED
 FORTY-FIVE DAYS. APPEAL TO THE APPELLATE DIVISION OF THE  SUPREME  COURT
 MUST  BE  MADE  IN ACCORDANCE WITH LAW, AND MUST BE FILED WITHIN FIFTEEN
 DAYS AFTER SERVICE BY A PARTY UPON THE APPELLANT OF A COPY OF THE  JUDG-
 MENT  OR  ORDER APPEALED FROM AND WRITTEN NOTICE OF ITS ENTRY. AN APPEAL
 TAKEN FROM AN ORDER OF THE COURT REQUIRING  DISCLOSURE  SHALL  BE  GIVEN
 PREFERENCE AND SHALL BE BROUGHT ON FOR ARGUMENT ON SUCH TERMS AND CONDI-
 TIONS  AS  THE  PRESIDING  JUSTICE MAY DIRECT, NOT TO EXCEED SIXTY DAYS.
 THIS ACTION SHALL BE DEEMED  ABANDONED  WHEN  THE  PARTY  REQUESTING  AN
 EXCLUSION  FROM  DISCLOSURE  FAILS  TO SERVE AND FILE A RECORD AND BRIEF
 WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE NOTICE OF APPEAL.   FAILURE  BY
 THE  PARTY  REQUESTING  AN EXCLUSION FROM DISCLOSURE TO SERVE AND FILE A
 RECORD AND BRIEF WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME SHALL RESULT IN THE  DISMISSAL
 OF THE APPEAL.
   (e)  The  person  requesting  an exception from disclosure pursuant to
 this subdivision shall in all proceedings have  the  burden  of  proving
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   (f)  Where the agency OR THE RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
 denies access to a record pursuant to paragraph [(d)  of]  (B)  OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  IN CONJUNCTION WITH subdivision two of section eighty-seven
 of this article, the agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
 shall  have  the  burden  of  proving  that  the record falls within the
 provisions of such exception.
   (g) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to deny any  person
 access,  pursuant  to  the  remaining provisions of this article, to any
 record or part excepted from disclosure upon the express written consent
 of the person who had requested the exception.
   (h) As used in this subdivision the term "agency"  or  "state  agency"
 means  only  a  state  department,  board,  bureau, division, council or
 office and any public corporation the  majority  of  whose  members  are
 appointed by the governor.
   (I) AS USED IN THIS SUBDIVISION THE TERM "STATE LEGISLATURE" MEANS THE
 LEGISLATURE  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
   6. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit or abridge  any
 otherwise  available right of access at law or in equity of any party to
 records.
   7. Nothing in this article shall require the disclosure  of  the  home
 address  of  an officer or employee, former officer or employee, or of a
 retiree of a public employees' retirement system; nor shall anything  in
 this  article  require  the  disclosure of the name or home address of a
 beneficiary of a public employees' retirement system or of an  applicant
 for  appointment to public employment; provided however, that nothing in
 this subdivision shall limit or abridge the right of an employee  organ-
 ization,  certified or recognized for any collective negotiating unit of
 an employer pursuant to article fourteen of the civil  service  law,  to
 obtain  the  name or home address of any officer, employee or retiree of
 such employer, if such name or home address is otherwise available under
 this article.
   8. Any person who, with intent to prevent the public inspection  of  a
 record pursuant to this article, willfully conceals or destroys any such
 record shall be guilty of a violation.
   9. When records maintained electronically include items of information
 that would be available under this article, as well as items of informa-
 tion  that  may  be withheld, an agency OR RESPECTIVE HOUSE OF THE STATE
 LEGISLATURE in designing its  information  retrieval  methods,  whenever
 practicable  and  reasonable,  shall  do so in a manner that permits the
 segregation and retrieval of available items in order to provide maximum
 public access.
   § 5. Subdivisions (t) and (u) of section 105 of the civil practice law
 and rules, subdivision (u) as relettered by chapter 100 of the  laws  of
 1994,  are relettered subdivisions (u) and (v) and a new subdivision (t)
 is added to read as follows:
   (T) "STATE LEGISLATURE" MEANS THE NEW  YORK  STATE  SENATE,  NEW  YORK
 STATE  ASSEMBLY,  ANY  COMMITTEE,  SUBCOMMITTEE, JOINT COMMITTEE, SELECT
 COMMITTEE, OR COMMISSION THEREOF, AND ANY MEMBERS,  OFFICERS,  REPRESEN-
 TATIVES AND EMPLOYEES THEREOF.
   §  6.  Subdivision  (a)  of section 7802 of the civil practice law and
 rules is amended to read as follows:
   (a) Definition of "body or officer". The expression "body or  officer"
 includes  every  court,  tribunal,  board,  corporation,  officer, STATE
 LEGISLATURE, or other person, or aggregation of  persons,  whose  action
 may be affected by a proceeding under this article.

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   §  7. Subdivision 3 of section 713 of the executive law, as amended by
 section 16 of part B of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   3.  Any reports prepared pursuant to this article shall not be subject
 to disclosure pursuant to [section  eighty-eight]  ARTICLE  SIX  of  the
 public officers law.
   §  8.  Section  70-0113  of  the  environmental  conservation  law  is
 REPEALED.
   § 9. Subdivision 4 of section 308 of the county law is REPEALED.
   § 10. This act shall take effect immediately;  provided  however  that
 the  amendments  to  paragraphs  (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), (n) and (o) of
 subdivision 2 of section 87 of the public officers law made  by  section
 two of this act shall not affect the repeal of such paragraphs and shall
 be deemed repealed therewith.
 
                                  PART H
 
   Section 1. Section 51 of the executive law, as added by chapter 766 of
 the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   §  51.  Jurisdiction.  This  article shall, subject to the limitations
 contained herein, confer upon the office of the state inspector general,
 jurisdiction over all covered agencies. For the purposes of this article
 "covered agency" shall include:
   1. all executive branch agencies,  departments,  divisions,  officers,
 boards  and  commissions,  public authorities (other than multi-state or
 multi-national authorities), and public benefit corporations, the  heads
 of  which  are appointed by the governor and which do not have their own
 inspector general by statute.   Wherever a covered agency  is  a  board,
 commission,  a  public authority or public benefit corporation, the head
 of the agency is the chairperson thereof; OR
   2. AN ORGANIZATION  OR  FOUNDATION  FORMED  UNDER  THE  NOT-FOR-PROFIT
 CORPORATION  LAW  OR  ANY  OTHER  ENTITY  FORMED  FOR  THE BENEFIT OF OR
 CONTROLLED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK OR THEIR RESPECTIVE UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
 CAMPUSES OR SUBDIVISIONS, INCLUDING THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE STATE
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY UNIVERSI-
 TY OF NEW YORK, TO ASSIST IN MEETING THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF, OR PROVIDING
 A DIRECT BENEFIT  TO,  THE  RESPECTIVE  UNIVERSITY,  COLLEGE,  COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE,  CAMPUS  OR  SUBDIVISION OR THE UNIVERSITY AS A WHOLE, THAT HAS
 CONTROL OF, MANAGES OR RECEIVES FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE ANNUALLY,
 INCLUDING ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  ARTICLE,  THIS
 TERM  DOES  NOT  INCLUDE  A STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION COMPRISED SOLELY OF
 ENROLLED STUDENTS AND FORMED FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  ADVANCING  A  STUDENT
 OBJECTIVE.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART I
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new  section  53-a
 to read as follows:
   §  53-A.  STATE PROCUREMENT OVERSIGHT DEFINED. 1. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS
 ARTICLE, "STATE PROCUREMENT" SHALL MEAN  ANY  LOAN,  CONTRACT  OR  GRANT
 AWARDED OR ENTERED INTO BY A COVERED AGENCY.
   2.  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE GENERAL INVESTIGATORY AUTHORITY OF THE STATE
 INSPECTOR GENERAL AS ESTABLISHED IN THIS ARTICLE,  THE  STATE  INSPECTOR

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 GENERAL IS EXPRESSLY EMPOWERED TO INVESTIGATE ALLEGED CORRUPTION, FRAUD,
 CRIMINAL  ACTIVITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ABUSE, BY OFFICERS, EMPLOY-
 EES AND CONTRACTED PARTIES RELATED TO ANY STATE PROCUREMENT.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.

                                  PART J
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new  section  6235
 to read as follows:
   § 6235. PUBLIC UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION OVERSIGHT. 1. IT IS HEREBY ESTAB-
 LISHED THAT THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL INDEPENDENT-
 LY  OVERSEE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONTROL POLICIES
 AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW  YORK
 AND  AFFILIATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND FOUNDATIONS PURSUANT TO THIS
 SECTION.
   2. (A) AS USED WITHIN THIS SECTION  "OFFICE  OF  THE  STATE  INSPECTOR
 GENERAL"  MEANS THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL AS ESTABLISHED
 IN ARTICLE FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW  AND  "STATE  INSPECTOR  GENERAL"
 MEANS  THE  STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL WHO IS THE HEAD OF THE OFFICE OF THE
 STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL AS ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE FOUR-A OF  THE  EXECU-
 TIVE LAW.
   (B) AS USED WITHIN THIS SECTION, "AFFILIATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR
 FOUNDATION"  MEANS  AN  ORGANIZATION OR FOUNDATION FORMED UNDER THE NOT-
 FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION LAW OR ANY OTHER ENTITY FORMED FOR THE BENEFIT OF
 OR CONTROLLED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE CITY UNIVERSITY
 OF NEW  YORK  OR  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  UNIVERSITIES,  COLLEGES,  COMMUNITY
 COLLEGES, CAMPUSES OR SUBDIVISIONS, INCLUDING THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF
 THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF THE CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW YORK, TO ASSIST IN MEETING THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF, OR
 PROVIDING A DIRECT  BENEFIT  TO,  THE  RESPECTIVE  UNIVERSITY,  COLLEGE,
 COMMUNITY  COLLEGE,  CAMPUS OR SUBDIVISION OR THE UNIVERSITY AS A WHOLE,
 THAT HAS CONTROL OF, MANAGES OR RECEIVES FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS OR  MORE
 ANNUALLY,  INCLUDING  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATIONS.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF THIS
 SECTION, THIS TERM DOES NOT INCLUDE A STUDENT-RUN ORGANIZATION COMPRISED
 SOLELY OF ENROLLED STUDENTS AND FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE  OF  ADVANCING  A
 STUDENT OBJECTIVE.
   3.  (A)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL
 SHALL HAVE THE SAME POWERS ENUMERATED IN ARTICLE FOUR-A OF THE EXECUTIVE
 LAW.
   (B) THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL  REQUIRE  THAT  EACH  AFFILIATED
 NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION  OR  FOUNDATION ADOPT WRITTEN POLICIES INCLUDING
 BY-LAWS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PARAGRAPH. EACH  AFFIL-
 IATED  NONPROFIT  ORGANIZATION OR FOUNDATION SHALL, IN CONSULTATION WITH
 THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL, ADOPT WRITTEN POLICIES DESIGNED TO  PREVENT
 CORRUPTION, FRAUD, CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ABUSE.
   (C)  THE  STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPOINT,
 IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  AND  THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND ANY RESPECTIVE CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY
 OF  NEW  YORK  AND  THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, COMPLIANCE OFFICERS
 FROM WITHIN THE STAFF OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND  THE  CITY
 UNIVERSITY  OF  NEW  YORK  AND ANY CAMPUS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK AND THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE IN  OVER-
 SIGHT  AND  MONITORING  OF  POLICIES ESTABLISHED BY AFFILIATED NONPROFIT
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   4. FAILURE BY AN AFFILIATED NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION  OR  FOUNDATION  TO
 COMPLY  WITH  ANY  PROVISION OF THIS SECTION SHALL RENDER THE AFFILIATED
 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION OR FOUNDATION INELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE STATE AID  OR
 ASSISTANCE  OR  ANY  AID  OR ASSISTANCE FROM THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW
 YORK,  THE  CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK OR THE RESPECTIVE CAMPUSES UNTIL
 THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL HAS CERTIFIED THAT SUCH ENTITY IS IN COMPLI-
 ANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION.  UPON  A  DETERMINATION  OF
 NONCOMPLIANCE  AND  INELIGIBILITY,  THE  STATE  INSPECTOR  GENERAL SHALL
 PROVIDE THE ORGANIZATION WITH WRITTEN  NOTICE  OF  SUCH  FINAL  DETERMI-
 NATION,  INCLUDING  THE  BASIS THEREOF, WHICH SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REVIEW
 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE SEVENTY-EIGHT OF THE CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART K
 
   Section 1. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 4-b to
 read as follows:
   § 4-B. CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER. THERE SHALL BE A  CHIEF  PROCUREMENT
 OFFICER,  APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR, FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK WHO SHALL
 SERVE AS THE PRINCIPAL  OFFICER  TASKED  WITH  OVERSIGHT  OF  ALL  STATE
 PROCUREMENTS,  WHOSE DUTIES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, ENSUR-
 ING THE WISE AND PRUDENT USE OF PUBLIC MONEY IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE
 TAXPAYERS OF THE STATE AND GUARDING  AGAINST  FAVORITISM,  IMPROVIDENCE,
 EXTRAVAGANCE,  FRAUD  AND CORRUPTION IN CONNECTION WITH ALL PROCUREMENTS
 OF STATE AGENCIES AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE  HUNDRED  SIXTY
 OF  THE STATE FINANCE LAW AND PUBLIC AUTHORITIES AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED
 IN SECTION TWO OF THE PUBLIC  AUTHORITIES  LAW.  THE  CHIEF  PROCUREMENT
 OFFICER  SHALL  HAVE  THE  AUTHORIZATION  TO  REVIEW ANY PROCUREMENT AND
 REPORT PROMPTLY ANY SUSPICION OR ALLEGATION OF CORRUPTION, FRAUD, CRIMI-
 NAL ACTIVITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST OR ABUSE IN ANY AGENCY  OR  AUTHORI-
 TY'S PROCUREMENT TO THE OFFICE OF THE STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR APPRO-
 PRIATE  ACTION.  PRIOR  TO  MAKING  SUCH A REPORT, THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT
 OFFICER SHALL INFORM THE HEADS OF THE RELEVANT AGENCIES AND  AUTHORITIES
 OF  SUCH  SUSPICION  OR  ALLEGATION  AND  THE PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATIONS
 RELATED THERETO, UNLESS SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRE CONFIDENTIALITY.
   § 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 1 of section 161 of the state  finance
 law,  as  amended by chapter 452 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
 as follows:
   a. The state procurement council shall continuously strive to  improve
 the  state's  procurement process.  Such council shall consist of [twen-
 ty-one] TWENTY-TWO members, including THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT  OFFICER  AS
 ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR-B OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW, the commis-
 sioner,  the  state  comptroller,  the director of the budget, the chief
 diversity officer and the commissioner of economic development, or their
 respective designees; seven members who shall  be  the  heads  of  other
 large  and small state agencies chosen by the governor, or their respec-
 tive designees; one member, appointed by the  governor,  representing  a
 not-for-profit  New  York-based  organization  engaged  in the marketing
 and/or promotion of New York grown farm and agricultural products  or  a
 not-for-profit New York-based organization engaged solely in the advoca-
 cy,  marketing and/or promotion of organic New York grown farm and agri-
 cultural products to be limited to a two year term; and eight  at  large
 members appointed as follows: three appointed by the temporary president
 of the senate, one of whom shall be a representative of local government
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 appointed by the speaker of the assembly, one of whom shall be a  repre-
 sentative  of local government and one of whom shall be a representative
 of private business; one appointed by the minority leader of the senate;
 and,  one appointed by the minority leader of the assembly; and two non-
 voting observers appointed as follows: one appointed  by  the  temporary
 president  of  the senate and one appointed by the speaker of the assem-
 bly. The non-voting observers shall be provided, contemporaneously,  all
 documentation and materials distributed to members. The council shall be
 chaired  by  THE  CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER, OR, BY the commissioner and
 shall meet at least quarterly.
   § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 55 of the executive  law,  as  added  by
 chapter 766 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every state officer or employee in a covered agency, AND THE CHIEF
 PROCUREMENT OFFICER APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR AS ESTABLISHED BY  SECTION
 FOUR-B  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,  shall report promptly to the state inspector
 general any information concerning corruption, fraud, criminal activity,
 conflicts of interest or abuse by  another  state  officer  or  employee
 relating to his or her office or employment, or by a person having busi-
 ness  dealings  with  a  covered  agency relating to those dealings. The
 knowing failure of any officer or employee to so report shall  be  cause
 for  removal from office or employment or other appropriate penalty. Any
 officer or employee who acts pursuant to this subdivision  by  reporting
 to  the  state inspector general improper governmental action as defined
 in section seventy-five-b of the civil service law shall not be  subject
 to dismissal, discipline or other adverse personnel action.
   §  4.  Paragraphs (a), (c), and (d) of subdivision 5 and paragraph (a)
 of subdivision 8 of section 2879 of the public  authorities  law,  para-
 graph  (a)  of  subdivision  5  as amended by chapter 531 of the laws of
 1993, paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 5 as amended by chapter  383
 of  the  laws  of 2000, and paragraph (a) of subdivision 8 as amended by
 chapter 844 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
   (a) Each corporation shall notify the commissioner of economic  devel-
 opment AND THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER AS DEFINED IN SECTION FOUR-B OF
 THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW,  of  the  award  of  a procurement contract for the
 purchase of goods or services from a foreign business enterprise  in  an
 amount  equal to or greater than one million dollars simultaneously with
 notifying the successful bidder therefor. No corporation shall thereaft-
 er enter into a procurement contract for said goods or services until at
 least fifteen days has elapsed, except for procurement contracts awarded
 on an emergency or critical basis, or where the commissioner of economic
 development waives the provisions of this sentence. The notification  to
 the commissioner of economic development AND THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFI-
 CER  shall  include the name, address and telephone and facsimile number
 of the foreign business enterprise, a brief description of the goods  or
 services  to  be obtained pursuant to the proposed procurement contract,
 the amount of  the  proposed  procurement  contract,  the  term  of  the
 proposed  procurement  contract,  and  the name of the individual at the
 foreign business enterprise or acting on behalf of the same who is prin-
 cipally responsible for the proposed procurement contract. Such  notifi-
 cation  shall be used by the commissioner of economic development solely
 to provide notification to New York state business enterprises of oppor-
 tunities to participate as subcontractors and suppliers on such procure-
 ment contracts, to promote and encourage the location and development of
 new business in the state, to assist New York state business enterprises
 in obtaining offset credits from foreign  countries,  and  to  otherwise
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 prosperous development and protection of  the  legitimate  interest  and
 welfare of New York state business enterprises, industry and commerce.
   (c) In including any additional business enterprises on invitations to
 bid  for the procurement of goods or services, the chief executive offi-
 cer of the corporation shall not include any foreign business enterprise
 which has its principal place of business located  in  a  discriminatory
 jurisdiction  contained  on  the  list  prepared  by the commissioner of
 economic development pursuant to subdivision six of section one  hundred
 sixty-five  of  the  state finance law, except, however, business enter-
 prises which are New York state business enterprises as defined by  this
 section.  The corporation may waive the application of the provisions of
 this section whenever the chief executive  officer  of  the  corporation
 determines  in  writing that it is in the best interests of the state to
 do so. The chief executive officer of the corporation shall deliver each
 such waiver to the commissioner of economic development  AND  THE  CHIEF
 PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
   (d) A corporation shall not enter into a contract with a foreign busi-
 ness  enterprise  which has its principal place of business located in a
 discriminatory jurisdiction  contained  on  the  list  prepared  by  the
 commissioner  of  economic  development  pursuant  to subdivision six of
 section one hundred sixty-five of the state finance law. The  provisions
 of  this  section  may  be  waived by the chief executive officer of the
 corporation if the chief executive officer of the corporation determines
 in writing that it is in the best interests of the state to do  so.  The
 chief executive officer of the corporation shall deliver each such waiv-
 er to the commissioner of economic development AND THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT
 OFFICER.
   (a)  Each  corporation shall annually submit its report on procurement
 contracts to the division of  the  budget  and  copies  thereof  to  the
 department of audit and control, the department of economic development,
 the  senate  finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee
 AND THE CHIEF PROCUREMENT OFFICER.
   § 5. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
                                  PART L
 
   Section  1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 14-131
 to read as follows:
   § 14-131. GOVERNMENT VENDOR CONTRIBUTIONS. 1. (A) IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL
 DURING THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD FOR ANY PERSON,  ORGAN-
 IZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A BID, QUOTA-
 TION, OFFER OR RESPONSE TO A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY POSTING OR SOLIC-
 ITATION  FOR  PROCUREMENT  TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO ANY OFFICEHOLDER OF
 THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY OR ENTITIES ISSUING SUCH POSTING OR SOLIC-
 ITATION, EVALUATING SUCH RESPONSE OR APPROVING  OR  AWARDING  THE  FINAL
 PROCUREMENT  CONTRACT, OR TO ANY CANDIDATE FOR AN OFFICE OF SUCH GOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITY, INCLUDING TO SUCH OFFICEHOLDER'S OR  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHOR-
 IZED POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
   (B)  FOR  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  SECTION THE ASSEMBLY AND SENATE SHALL BE
 SEPARATE AND DISTINCT GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES WHEN A PARTICULAR POSTING OR
 SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT IS ISSUED BY ONLY ONE RESPECTIVE HOUSE.
   (C) THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY  DIRECTLY  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  ISSUING
 SUCH  POSTING  OR SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT SHALL INCLUDE A NOTICE OF
 THE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND THE  STATE  GOVERNMENTAL
 ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR EVALUATING RESPONSES TO SUCH POSTING OR SOLICITA-

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 TION  SHALL  PROVIDE  TO  ANY PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR
 BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A PROPOSAL IN RESPONSE TO SUCH  POSTING  OR
 SOLICITATION A NOTICE OF THE PROHIBITION ESTABLISHED BY THIS SECTION AND
 THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD COMMENCEMENT DATE.
   2.  AS  USED IN THIS SECTION "BUSINESS ENTITY" MEANS A BUSINESS CORPO-
 RATION, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION,  LIMITED  LIABILITY  COMPANY,
 PARTNERSHIP,  LIMITED  PARTNERSHIP,  BUSINESS  TRUST, ASSOCIATION OR ANY
 OTHER LEGAL COMMERCIAL ENTITY ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THIS STATE  OR
 ANY  OTHER  STATE  OR  FOREIGN  JURISDICTION,  INCLUDING  ANY SUBSIDIARY
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY, AND ANY  POLI-
 TICAL ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY POLITICAL ORGANIZA-
 TION  ORGANIZED  UNDER SECTION 527 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THAT IS
 DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY CONTROLLED BY THE BUSINESS ENTITY.
   3. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL COMMENCE, WITH RESPECT TO A SPECIFIC PERSON,  ORGANIZATION,  GROUP
 OF  PERSONS,  OR BUSINESS ENTITY THAT SUBMITS A BID, QUOTATION, OFFER OR
 RESPONSE TO THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY POSTING  OR  SOLICITATION,  AT
 THE  EARLIEST  POSTING,  ON  A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S WEBSITE, IN A
 NEWSPAPER OF GENERAL CIRCULATION OR  IN  THE  PROCUREMENT  OPPORTUNITIES
 NEWSLETTER IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE FOUR-C OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
 LAW  OF  WRITTEN  NOTICE, ADVERTISEMENT OR SOLICITATION OF A REQUEST FOR
 PROPOSAL, INVITATION FOR BIDS, OR SOLICITATIONS  OF  PROPOSALS,  OR  ANY
 OTHER METHOD PROVIDED FOR BY LAW OR REGULATION FOR SOLICITING A RESPONSE
 FROM OFFERERS INTENDING TO RESULT IN A PROCUREMENT CONTRACT WITH A STATE
 GOVERNMENTAL  ENTITY. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DOES NOT
 APPLY TO A PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF  PERSONS  OR  BUSINESS  ENTITY
 THAT IS RESPONDING TO A STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S REQUEST FOR INFORMA-
 TION  OR  OTHER  INFORMATIONAL EXCHANGES OCCURRING PRIOR TO SUCH GOVERN-
 MENTAL ENTITY'S POSTING OR SOLICITATION FOR PROCUREMENT.
   4. THE RESTRICTED VENDOR CONTRIBUTION PERIOD DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION
 SHALL END WITH RESPECT TO A  SPECIFIC  PERSON,  ORGANIZATION,  GROUP  OF
 PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY AS FOLLOWS:
   (A)  IF THE PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS ENTITY
 IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE FINAL  CONTRACT  AWARD,  THE  RESTRICTED  VENDOR
 CONTRIBUTION  PERIOD SHALL END SIX MONTHS AFTER THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD
 AND APPROVAL BY THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE
 STATE COMPTROLLER.
   (B) IF THE PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS  ENTITY
 IS  NOT THE RECIPIENT OF THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD, THE RESTRICTED VENDOR
 CONTRIBUTION PERIOD SHALL END WITH THE FINAL CONTRACT AWARD AND APPROVAL
 BY THE STATE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, THE STATE  COMP-
 TROLLER.
   §  2.  Section  14-126  of the election law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 7 to read as follows:
   7. (A) ANY PERSON, ORGANIZATION, GROUP OF PERSONS, OR BUSINESS  ENTITY
 AS  THAT  TERM  IS  USED  IN  SECTION 14-131 OF THIS ARTICLE, WHO, UNDER
 CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING AN INTENT TO VIOLATE SUCH LAW, MAKES  A  CONTRIB-
 UTION  IN  CONTRAVENTION  OF  SECTION  14-131  OF  THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE
 SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED THE  GREATER  OF  TEN  THOUSAND
 DOLLARS  OR  AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO TWO HUNDRED PERCENT OF THE CONTRIBUTION,
 TO BE RECOVERABLE IN A SPECIAL PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO BE  BROUGHT
 BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL.
   (B)  ANY PERSON WHO, ACTING AS OR ON BEHALF OF AN OFFICEHOLDER, CANDI-
 DATE, OR POLITICAL COMMITTEE, ACCEPTS A CONTRIBUTION IN CONTRAVENTION OF
 SECTION 14-131 OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE REQUIRED TO REFUND SUCH CONTRIB-
 UTION.

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   § 3. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
                                  PART M
 
   Section  1. 1. The New York state comptroller, or his or her designee,
 the attorney general of the state of New York, or his or  her  designee,
 the  chief  information  officer of the office of information technology
 services, or his or  her  designee,  and  the  commissioner  of  general
 services,  or  his  or her designee, are hereby directed to collectively
 prepare a report regarding the feasibility of developing a system  which
 would  require  the  assignment  of  single  identifying vendor codes or
 numbers to all contractors,  vendors  and  grantees  directly  receiving
 payments  of state funds to facilitate the tracking of such entities and
 facilitate the tracking of final audit determinations of  such  entities
 issued  by  the  attorney general and the state comptroller. This system
 must consider and serve to supplement existing coding systems and  shall
 be  made  publicly available. Such feasibility report shall include, but
 not be limited to, the group's assessment, analysis and findings on  the
 information  gathered  after  taking  into  consideration input from all
 group members, alternatives  considered,  the  fiscal  impact,  and  the
 effect the proposed system would have on the state and existing systems.
 The report shall be provided to the governor, temporary president of the
 senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before September 1, 2018.
   2. If all members of the group determine that it is feasible to devel-
 op  such a system, the system shall be implemented no later than Septem-
 ber 1, 2019. The director of the budget, or his or her  designee,  shall
 make  the  final determination regarding the codes or numbers that shall
 serve as the single identifier for such entities if, after the  issuance
 of  the  report,  the group is unable to reach agreement regarding which
 identifying codes or numbers should be used for the subject system. Such
 determination shall be based on the most cost effective manner of imple-
 menting such codes or numbers that would have the least fiscal impact to
 the state of New York.
   3. If the group determines that it is not feasible to develop  such  a
 system  pursuant  to  subdivision  one  of this section, the group shall
 submit an additional feasibility report to the governor, temporary pres-
 ident of the senate and the speaker of the assembly on or before  Decem-
 ber 1, 2018, which shall include, but not be limited to, the barriers to
 implementing  such  a  system,  the  findings of the initial feasibility
 report and further recommendations.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi-
 sion, section or part of this act shall be  adjudged  by  any  court  of
 competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall  be  confined  in
 its  operation  to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section
 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg-
 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of
 the legislature that this act would  have  been  enacted  even  if  such
 invalid provisions had not been included herein.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
 the applicable effective date of Parts A through M of this act shall  be
 as specifically set forth in the last section of such Parts.