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                                  1674

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2019
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Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ABINANTI,  GALEF, JAFFEE, COLTON, MONTESANO,
  SIMON, THIELE, GOTTFRIED, STECK -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
  EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to statements of campaign
  receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures to  and  by  poli-
  tical committees; to amend the election law, in relation to establish-
  ing  a contribution limit for certain contributions to a party commit-
  tee or constituted committee; to amend the election law,  in  relation
  to  public  financing;  to amend the state finance law, in relation to
  the New York state judicial and  district  attorney  campaign  finance
  fund; to amend the tax law, in relation to the New York state judicial
  and  district  attorney  campaign finance fund check-off; to amend the
  election law, in relation to enforcement  proceedings;  and  providing
  for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.  Subdivision 1 of section 14-102 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD05148-01-9

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than of money, the name and address of the transferor,  contributor,  or
person  from whom received, and if the transferor, contributor 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.  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  specif-
ically  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.
  § 2. The article heading of article 14 of the election law is  amended
to read as follows:
                   CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES;
                            PUBLIC FINANCING
  §  3.  Paragraph  b of subdivision 1 of section 14-114 of the election
law, as amended by chapter 659 of the laws of 1994, is amended and a new
paragraph d is added to read as follows:
  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 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 candi-
date'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, EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME  COURT
JUSTICE  OR  DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOT PARTICIPATING IN THE STATE'S JUDICIAL
PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FINANCING SYSTEM DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF  THIS  ARTICLE,
MULTIPLIED  BY  $.03  AND  IN  THE CASE OF A CANDIDATE FOR SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE OR DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  PARTICIPATING  IN  THE  STATE'S  JUDICIAL
PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN  FINANCING SYSTEM DEFINED IN TITLE TWO OF THIS ARTICLE,
MULTIPLIED BY $.01, 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 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 c of
this subdivision; in the case of a nomination for  state  senator,  four
thousand dollars as increased or decreased by the cost of living adjust-
ment  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  nomi-
nation  for  a  member  of  the assembly, twenty-five hundred dollars as
increased or decreased by the cost of  living  adjustment  described  in

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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, grand-
parent, 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 great-
er, or in the case of a nomination or election of a state senator, twen-
ty  thousand  dollars,  whichever  is greater, or in the case of a nomi-
nation or election of a member of  the  assembly  twelve  thousand  five
hundred  dollars,  whichever  is greater, but in no event shall any such
maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
  D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  OTHER  CONTRIBUTION  LIMIT  IN  THIS  SECTION,
PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATES  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION FOURTEEN OF SECTION
14-201 OF THIS ARTICLE MAY CONTRIBUTE, OUT OF  THEIR  OWN  MONEY,  THREE
TIMES THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FOR NON-PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES
TO THEIR OWN AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE.
  § 4. Sections 14-100 through 14-132 of the election law are designated
title I and a new title heading is added to read as follows:

                   CAMPAIGN RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES

  §  5.  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.
        14-201. DEFINITIONS.
        14-202. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
        14-203. CONTRIBUTIONS.
        14-204. PROOF OF COMPLIANCE.
        14-205. ELIGIBILITY.
        14-206. LIMITS ON PUBLIC FINANCING.
        14-207. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS.
        14-208. USE OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS; QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPEND-
                    ITURES.
        14-209. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD.
        14-210. AUDITS AND REPAYMENTS.
        14-211. ENFORCEMENT  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS  AND  OTHER
                    PROCEEDINGS.
        14-212. REPORTS.
        14-213. SEVERABILITY.
  §  14-200. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.  THE LEGISLATURE FINDS AND
DETERMINES THAT THE JUDICIARY AND PROSECUTORS FOR THE  STATE  FULFILL  A
UNIQUE  ROLE IN GOVERNMENT, SUBSTANTIVELY DISTINCT FROM NON-JUDICIAL AND
PROSECUTORIAL OFFICES.
  THE LEGISLATURE ALSO FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT JUSTICES  AND  DISTRICT
ATTORNEYS  ARE  NOT ELECTED TO REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF VOTERS, BUT RATHER
ARE ELECTED TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

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  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND DETERMINES  THAT  JUDICIAL  AND
PROSECUTORIAL  IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE ARE CRITICAL TO MAINTAINING
PUBLIC CONFIDENCE AND THE RULE OF LAW.
  THE  LEGISLATURE  ADDITIONALLY  FINDS  AND  DETERMINES THAT JUDGES AND
DISTRICT ATTORNEYS MUST MAINTAIN IMPARTIALITY AND INDEPENDENCE  AND  THE
APPEARANCE  OF  IMPARTIALITY  AND  INDEPENDENCE,  UNLIKE NON-JUDICIAL OR
PROSECUTORIAL OFFICES.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT  THE  RULES  OF
JUDICIAL  CONDUCT  AND  THE RULES OF PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT RECOGNIZE THE
DISTINCT NATURE OF THE JUDICIAL BRANCH AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF  PROSECU-
TORS,  IN  CONTRAST  TO  THE  LEGISLATIVE  AND  EXECUTIVE  BRANCHES,  BY
RESTRICTING JUDGES AND JUSTICES FROM ENGAGING IN VARIOUS CAMPAIGN-RELAT-
ED POLITICAL ACTIVITY NOT IMPOSED ON NON-JUDICIAL OFFICES.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT MANY STATE  AND
FEDERAL  JUDICIAL  OFFICES  ARE  NOT ELECTED, BUT RATHER APPOINTED POSI-
TIONS, DUE TO THE NONPOLITICAL NATURE OF THE OFFICE.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND  DETERMINES  THAT  RAISING  THE
FUNDS  NECESSARY TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME COURT, IN A MANNER
THAT COMPORTS WITH JUDICIAL RULES OF CONDUCT, FURTHER DISTINGUISHES  THE
OFFICE  OF SUPREME COURT FROM OTHER ELECTIVE OFFICES AND WOULD BE APPRO-
PRIATE TO APPLY TO THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND  DETERMINES  THAT  RAISING  THE
NECESSARY  FUNDS  TO RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OR DISTRICT
ATTORNEY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO  REDUCE  THE  APPEARANCE  OF  JUDICIAL  OR
PROSECUTORIAL  IMPARTIALITY AND THE CONFIDENCE OF THOSE APPEARING BEFORE
THE COURT.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT THE  HEIGHTENED
RESTRICTIONS  IMPOSED ON JUDICIAL CANDIDATES, AND APPROPRIATE FOR CANDI-
DATES FOR DISTRICT ATTORNEY, NECESSARY  TO  MAINTAIN  IMPARTIALITY,  ARE
FURTHERED  BY  A  JUDICIAL  AND  PROSECUTORIAL  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN FINANCE
SYSTEM.
  THE LEGISLATURE ADDITIONALLY FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT A JUDICIAL  AND
PROSECUTORIAL  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE  SYSTEM  FOR CANDIDATES FOR THE
OFFICE OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY REDUCES THE POTEN-
TIAL FOR JUDICIAL OR PROSECUTORIAL PARTIALITY OR THE APPEARANCE OF JUDI-
CIAL OR PROSECUTORIAL PARTIALITY OF THOSE APPEARING BEFORE THE COURT.
  § 14-201. DEFINITIONS.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS TITLE, THE  FOLLOWING
TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  1.  THE  TERM  "AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL COMMITTEE" SHALL MEAN THE SINGLE
POLITICAL COMMITTEE DESIGNATED BY A CANDIDATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 14-202
OF THIS TITLE TO RECEIVE CONTRIBUTIONS AND MAKE EXPENDITURES IN  SUPPORT
OF THE CANDIDATE'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 GENERAL ELECTION FOR THE
OFFICE OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE OR DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
  6. THE TERM "ELECTION CYCLE" SHALL MEAN THE WINDOW PERIOD  DEFINED  IN
22  NYCRR  PART 100 FOR THE OFFICE OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE AND, FOR THE
OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ANY PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION  FOR  NOMI-
NATION FOR ELECTION OR ELECTION, TO THE OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY.
  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

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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 JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FUND OR THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAMPAIGN FUND.
  9. THE TERM "IMMEDIATE FAMILY" SHALL MEAN A SPOUSE, DOMESTIC  PARTNER,
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'S AUTHORIZED POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE, 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.
  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 LAWFUL CONTRIB-
UTION, CONTRIBUTIONS OR A PORTION OF A CONTRIBUTION OR CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
ANY COVERED ELECTIONS HELD IN THE SAME ELECTION CYCLE, MADE BY A NATURAL
PERSON  AND RESIDENT OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE OFFICE IS TO BE FILLED
TO A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE, THAT  HAS
BEEN  REPORTED  IN  FULL TO THE BOARD IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 14-102
AND 14-104 OF THIS  ARTICLE  BY  THE  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL
COMMITTEE  AND HAS BEEN CONTRIBUTED ON OR BEFORE THE DAY OF THE APPLICA-
BLE GENERAL ELECTION. ANY CONTRIBUTION, CONTRIBUTIONS, OR A PORTION OF A
CONTRIBUTION 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)  CONTRIBUTIONS WHOSE SOURCE IS NOT ITEMIZED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION
14-202 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 DOES NOT FILE A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM
OF AN AFFIDAVIT UNDER SECTION 14-205 OF THIS  TITLE  BY  THE  APPLICABLE
DEADLINE.
  14.  THE  TERM  "PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE" SHALL MEAN ANY CANDIDATE FOR
ELECTION TO THE OFFICE OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICE  OR  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,
WHO  FILES  A WRITTEN CERTIFICATION IN THE FORM OF AN AFFIDAVIT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 14-205 OF THIS TITLE.
  15. THE TERM "POST-ELECTION PERIOD" SHALL MEAN THE SIX MONTHS  FOLLOW-
ING AN ELECTION.

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  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 POLITICAL  COMMIT-
TEE  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 POLITICAL COMMITTEES.
  § 14-202. 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 POLITICAL COMMITTEE PER CANDIDATE PER  ELECTIVE
OFFICE SOUGHT.  BEFORE RECEIVING ANY CONTRIBUTION OR MAKING ANY EXPENDI-
TURE FOR A COVERED ELECTION, EACH CANDIDATE SHALL NOTIFY THE BOARD AS TO
THE EXISTENCE OF HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE THAT HAS BEEN
APPROVED  BY  SUCH CANDIDATE. EACH CANDIDATE SHALL HAVE ONE AND ONLY ONE
AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE PER ELECTIVE OFFICE SOUGHT. EACH  AUTHOR-
IZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  SHALL 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  POLITICAL
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  POLITICAL
COMMITTEE OF A CANDIDATE INTENDING TO PARTICIPATE IN THE JUDICIAL PUBLIC
FINANCING SYSTEM 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 CONTRIB-
UTORS WHO MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS  OR  MORE,  EACH
AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE SHALL REPORT TO THE BOARD THE OCCUPATION,
AND  EMPLOYER  OF  EACH CONTRIBUTOR, LENDER, AND INTERMEDIARY. 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 THE TREASURER OF THE AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE  OF
RELEVANT  QUESTIONS  IT HAS CONCERNING: (I) COMPLIANCE WITH REQUIREMENTS
OF THIS TITLE AND OF THE RULES ISSUED BY THE BOARD; AND (II)  QUALIFICA-
TION  FOR RECEIVING PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE. IN THE
COURSE OF THIS REVIEW, IT SHALL GIVE AUTHORIZED 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. UPON COMPLETION
OF THE COMPLIANCE REVIEW, 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.

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  §  14-203. 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.
  §  14-204.  PROOF OF COMPLIANCE. AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEES SHALL
MAINTAIN SUCH  RECORDS  OF  RECEIPTS  AND  EXPENDITURES  FOR  A  COVERED
ELECTION  AS REQUIRED BY THE BOARD. THE TREASURER OF AN AUTHORIZED POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE 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 POLITICAL COMMITTEES SHALL MAINTAIN COPIES  OF  SUCH  RECORDS
FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
  §  14-205.  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 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
SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT LEAST FOUR  MONTHS  BEFORE  THE  ELECTION  BUT  NO
EARLIER  THAN  NINE  MONTHS BEFORE THE NOMINATION 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 ELECTION TO A COVERED OFFICE, BUT MAY MAKE A CONTRIB-
UTION TO HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE  IN  AN  AMOUNT  THAT
DOES  NOT  EXCEED  THREE TIMES THE APPLICABLE CONTRIBUTION LIMIT FROM AN
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTOR TO NON-PARTICIPATING 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) NOT HAVE ACCEPTED CONTRIBUTIONS IN AMOUNTS EXCEEDING THE  CONTRIB-
UTION  LIMITS  SET  FORTH FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES IN PARAGRAPH 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 FROM NON-PUBLIC FUNDS 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  14-207

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OF THIS TITLE SHALL BE REDUCED BY NO MORE THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT UNTIL
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OWED BY THE CANDIDATE IS REPAID.
  (III)  CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AND EXPENDITURES MADE BY THE CANDIDATE'S
AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS TITLE
SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THIS TITLE; AND
  (J) COMPLY WITH THE RULES GOVERNING JUDICIAL CONDUCT  PURSUANT  TO  22
NYCRR PART 100 AND THE RULES GOVERNING PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT PURSUANT TO
RULE  3.8  OF  PART  1200, RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE NEW YORK
STATE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AS APPLICABLE.
  2. THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY. THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR PUBLIC
FUNDING FOR PARTICIPATING CANDIDATES SHALL BE NOT LESS THAN TEN THOUSAND
DOLLARS IN MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED MATCH-
ABLE CONTRIBUTIONS COMPRISED OF SUMS BETWEEN TEN AND TWO  HUNDRED  FIFTY
DOLLARS  PER  CONTRIBUTOR,  FROM  RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE
OFFICE IS TO BE FILLED.
  § 14-206. LIMITS ON  PUBLIC  FINANCING.    IN  ANY  GENERAL  ELECTION,
RECEIPT  OF PUBLIC FUNDS BY A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE SHALL NOT EXCEED THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED  FIFTY  THOUSAND
DOLLARS.
  § 14-207. PAYMENT OF PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS. 1. DETERMINATION OF ELIGI-
BILITY.  NO  PUBLIC  MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO AN AUTHORIZED POLI-
TICAL COMMITTEE 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  CANDI-
DATE'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE. NO PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS SHALL BE
USED  EXCEPT AS REIMBURSEMENT OR PAYMENT FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDI-
TURES ACTUALLY AND LAWFULLY INCURRED OR TO REPAY LOANS USED TO PAY QUAL-
IFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES.
  2. CALCULATION OF PAYMENT. IF THE THRESHOLD FOR  ELIGIBILITY  IS  MET,
THE  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  SHALL
RECEIVE PAYMENT FOR QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES OF  TWO  DOLLARS  OF
PUBLIC  MATCHING  FUNDS  FOR EACH ONE DOLLAR OF MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS,
FOR THE FIRST TWO HUNDRED FIFTY 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  LIMITED  TO  THE  AMOUNTS SET FORTH IN SECTION 14-206 OF THIS
TITLE FOR THE COVERED ELECTION.
  3. TIMING OF PAYMENT. THE BOARD  SHALL  MAKE  ANY  PAYMENT  OF  PUBLIC
MATCHING FUNDS TO PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEES AS SOON AS IS PRACTICABLE. BUT IN ALL CASES, IT SHALL VERIFY ELIGI-
BILITY  FOR  PUBLIC  MATCHING FUNDS WITHIN FOUR BUSINESS DAYS, EXCLUDING
WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS, OF RECEIVING A CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION REPORT FILED
IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14-104 OF THIS ARTICLE. WITHIN  TWO  BUSINESS
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.

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  § 14-208. 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 POLITICAL COMMITTEE FOR EXPENDI-
TURES TO  FURTHER  THE  PARTICIPATING  CANDIDATE'S  ELECTION,  INCLUDING
PAYING  FOR  DEBTS  INCURRED WITHIN NINE MONTHS PRIOR TO A NOMINATION TO
FURTHER THE PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S 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 AND ALL JUDICIAL REMEDIES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED;
  (D)  AN  EXPENDITURE  MADE  AFTER  THE  ONLY REMAINING OPPONENT OF THE
CANDIDATE HAS BEEN FINALLY DISQUALIFIED FROM THE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT
AND ALL JUDICIAL REMEDIES HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED;
  (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;
  (K) ANY EXPENDITURE MADE TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OF ANY PETITION  OF
DESIGNATION  OR NOMINATION OR ANY CERTIFICATE OF NOMINATION, DECLINATION
OR SUBSTITUTION;
  (L) ANY IMPERMISSIBLE PERSONAL USE UNDER SECTION 14-130 OF THIS  ARTI-
CLE; OR
  (M)  ANY  USE WHICH WOULD VIOLATE THE RULES GOVERNING JUDICIAL CONDUCT
PURSUANT TO 22 NYCRR PART 100 OR PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT PURSUANT TO  RULE
3.8  OF  PART  1200, RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE NEW YORK STATE
UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, AS APPLICABLE.
  § 14-209. 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 ACCESS TO AN ELEC-
TRONIC RECORDKEEPING AND  FILING  SYSTEM,  TO  FACILITATE  THE  TASK  OF
COMPLIANCE  WITH  THE  DISCLOSURE AND RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
TITLE.

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  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  POLITICAL
COMMITTEE,  INDEPENDENT  EXPENDITURES IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION OF CANDI-
DATES FOR COVERED OFFICES, AND DISTRIBUTIONS OF MONEYS  FROM  THE  FUND.
SUCH  DATABASE  SHALL BE ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC ON THE BOARD'S WEBPAGE
NO LATER THAN JUNE FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE.
  § 14-210. 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  SIX MONTHS 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-ELECTION AUDIT SHALL BE BORNE BY THE CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  POLI-
TICAL  COMMITTEE USING PUBLIC FUNDS, PRIVATE FUNDS OR ANY COMBINATION OF
SUCH FUNDS.   THE AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  OF  A  PARTICIPATING
CANDIDATE  MUST  MAINTAIN A RESERVE OF THREE PERCENT OF THE PUBLIC FUNDS
RECEIVED TO COMPLY WITH THE POST-ELECTION AUDIT.    ANY  PUBLIC  RESERVE
FUNDS NOT USED SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL CAMPAIGN
FINANCE  FUND.  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 POLITICAL COMMITTEE FROM THE
FUND WAS IN EXCESS OF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS THAT SUCH  CANDI-
DATE  WAS  ELIGIBLE  TO  RECEIVE PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE, IT SHALL NOTIFY
SUCH COMMITTEE AND SUCH COMMITTEE SHALL PAY TO THE BOARD AN AMOUNT EQUAL
TO THE AMOUNT OF EXCESS PAYMENTS. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT IF THE ERRONE-
OUS 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 POLITICAL 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 POLITICAL COMMITTEE FROM THE FUND  WAS  USED  FOR
PURPOSES  OTHER  THAN  QUALIFIED CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES AND SUCH EXPENDI-
TURES 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  POLITICAL  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'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE  EXCEED  THE  TOTAL  CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURES  OF  SUCH  CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE, SUCH
CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE SHALL USE SUCH  EXCESS  FUNDS
TO REIMBURSE THE FUND FOR PAYMENTS RECEIVED BY SUCH AUTHORIZED POLITICAL
COMMITTEE  FROM THE FUND DURING SUCH CALENDAR YEAR. PARTICIPATING CANDI-
DATES' AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEES 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  POLITICAL   COMMITTEE;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT ALL UNSPENT PUBLIC CAMPAIGN FUNDS FOR A PARTIC-

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IPATING 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'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEE  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.   NOTHING IN THIS
TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO PREVENT A CANDIDATE OR HIS OR HER AUTHORIZED
POLITICAL 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'S AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMIT-
TEE THAT HAS QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE SUCH PAYMENT. THESE REGULATIONS  SHALL
INCLUDE  THE  PERIODS  DURING  WHICH  SUCH REPORTS MUST BE FILED AND THE
VERIFICATION REQUIRED, AND  THE  BOARD  SHALL  DEVELOP  FORMS  ON  WHICH
CONTRIBUTIONS  AND  EXPENDITURES  ARE  TO  BE  REPORTED. THE BOARD SHALL
INSTITUTE PROCEDURES WHICH WILL MAKE POSSIBLE PAYMENT BY THE FUND WITHIN
FOUR BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THE  REQUIRED  FORMS  AND  VERIFICA-
TIONS.
  §   14-211.   ENFORCEMENT  AND  PENALTIES  FOR  VIOLATIONS  AND  OTHER
PROCEEDINGS.  1. CIVIL PENALTIES. ANY PERSON WHO, ACTING AS OR ON BEHALF
OF A CANDIDATE  OR  SUCH  CANDIDATE'S  AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,
VIOLATES  ANY  PROVISION  OF THIS TITLE, UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES EVINCING AN
INTENT TO VIOLATE SUCH PROVISION, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO A CIVIL PENALTY IN
AN AMOUNT NOT IN EXCESS OF TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO BE RECOVERABLE IN  A
SPECIAL  PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO  BE BROUGHT BY THE CHIEF ENFORCE-
MENT COUNSEL PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3-104 AND 3-104-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. 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.  ANY  REFERRAL FOR PROSECUTION UNDER THIS
SUBDIVISION SHALL BE MADE PURSUANT TO SECTION  3-104  OF  THIS  CHAPTER.
UPON  CONVICTION, THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL SHALL INITIATE A SPECIAL
PROCEEDING OR CIVIL ACTION TO RECOVER ANY PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS OBTAINED
AS A RESULT OF SUCH CRIMINAL CONDUCT.
  3. 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 AN AGGRIEVED JUDICIAL 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 POLITICAL COMMITTEE
AFTER THE ISSUANCE OF WRITTEN NOTICE OF SUCH AMOUNT DUE, AS REQUIRED  BY
THIS TITLE, THE CHIEF ENFORCEMENT COUNSEL IS AUTHORIZED TO SEEK RECOVERY
OF SUCH AMOUNT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 3-104 AND 3-104-A OF THIS CHAPTER.
  (D)  ANY  SUCH FUNDS OBTAINED OR COLLECTED THROUGH JUDGMENT OR SETTLE-
MENT SHALL BE REMITTED TO THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  JUDICIAL  AND  DISTRICT
ATTORNEY CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
  §  14-212.  REPORTS. THE BOARD SHALL REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE EFFECT OF
THIS TITLE UPON THE CONDUCT OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS AND  SHALL  SUBMIT  AN

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ANNUAL  REPORT  TO  THE  GOVERNOR  AND  THE LEGISLATURE ON OR BEFORE MAY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, AND ON OR BEFORE MAY FIRST OF EVERY 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:
  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.
  §  14-213. 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.
   NOTHING IN THIS TITLE SHALL BE CONSTRUED  TO  REQUIRE  CANDIDATES  OR
CANDIDATES'  AUTHORIZED  POLITICAL  COMMITTEES  TO  COMMIT ANY ACT WHICH
WOULD VIOLATE THE RULES GOVERNING JUDICIAL CONDUCT PURSUANT TO 22  NYCRR
PART  100. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY PROVISION IN THIS TITLE CONFLICTS WITH
SUCH RULES, THE RULES SHALL CONTROL.
  § 6. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 92-t  to
read as follows:
  § 92-T. NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY 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 JUDICIAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FUND.
  2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL REVENUES RECEIVED FROM THE NEW  YORK
STATE  JUDICIAL  AND  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND CHECK-OFF
PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (H) OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT OF THE TAX
LAW, FROM THE ABANDONED PROPERTY 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 JUDICIAL
PUBLIC FINANCING SYSTEM, AS WELL  AS  ANY  FUNDS  REMITTED  PURSUANT  TO
SECTION 14-211 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
  3. MONEYS OF THE FUND, FOLLOWING APPROPRIATION BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAY
BE  EXPENDED  FOR THE PURPOSES OF MAKING PAYMENTS TO CANDIDATES PURSUANT
TO TITLE TWO 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

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ELECTIONS,   OR  ITS  DULY  DESIGNATED  REPRESENTATIVE,  IN  THE  MANNER
PRESCRIBED BY LAW, NOT MORE THAN FIVE BUSINESS 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 JUDICIAL  AND  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  CAMPAIGN
FINANCE  FUND  LACKS  THE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PAY ALL CLAIMS VOUCHERED BY
ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES AND CERTIFIED 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
BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH VOUCHER IS RECEIVED BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER.
  5. COMMENCING IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, 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
GENERAL  ELECTION ANY EARLIER THAN THE LAST DAY TO DECLINE A JUDICIAL OR
DISTRICT ATTORNEY NOMINATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION  SEVEN  OF  SECTION
6-158 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
  7. NO PUBLIC FUNDS SHALL BE PAID TO THE AUTHORIZED POLITICAL COMMITTEE
OF  ANY PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE WHO HAS BEEN DISQUALIFIED OR WHOSE NOMI-
NATION HAS 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 PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE'S AUTHORIZED
POLITICAL COMMITTEE ON THE DATE OF SUCH DISQUALIFICATION OR INVALIDATION
MAY THEREAFTER BE EXPENDED FOR ANY PURPOSE EXCEPT THE PAYMENT OF LIABIL-
ITIES INCURRED BEFORE SUCH DATE.  ALL OTHER SUCH MONEYS SHALL BE  REPAID
TO THE FUND.
  §  7.  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 GENERAL 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 NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY  CAMPAIGN
FINANCE FUND ESTABLISHED BY SECTION NINETY-TWO-T OF THIS ARTICLE.
  §  8. Section 658 of the tax law is amended by adding a new subsection
(h) to read as follows:
  (H) NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL AND  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE
FUND CHECK-OFF. (1) FOR EACH TAXABLE YEAR BEGINNING ON AND AFTER JANUARY
FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, 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 JUDICIAL AND DISTRICT ATTORNEY  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

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FORM,  EACH  SUCH TAXPAYER MAY MAKE SEPARATE DESIGNATIONS ON SUCH RETURN
OF FORTY DOLLARS TO BE  PAID  INTO  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  JUDICIAL  AND
DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAMPAIGN FINANCE FUND.
  (2) THE COMMISSIONER SHALL TRANSFER TO THE NEW YORK STATE JUDICIAL AND
DISTRICT ATTORNEY 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 TWENTY, 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.
  § 9. Section 16-120 of the election law, as added by section 5 of part
E of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  §  16-120.  Enforcement proceedings. 1. The supreme court or a justice
thereof, in a proceeding instituted by the state board of elections, may
impose a civil penalty, as provided for in subdivisions one and  two  of
section 14-126 of this chapter AND AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF
SECTION 14-211 OF THIS CHAPTER.
  2. Upon proof that a violation of article fourteen of this chapter, as
provided in subdivision one of this section, has occurred, the court may
impose  a civil penalty, pursuant to subdivisions one and two of section
14-126 of this chapter AND PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION 14-211
OF THIS CHAPTER, after considering, among other factors, the severity of
the violation or violations, whether the subject of the violation made a
good faith effort to correct the violation and whether  the  subject  of
the  violation  has  a  history of similar violations. All such determi-
nations shall be made on a fair and equitable basis  without  regard  to
the status of the candidate or political committee.
  3.  THE SUPREME COURT OR A JUSTICE THEREOF, IN A PROCEEDING TO RECOVER
PUBLIC FUNDS INSTITUTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 14-211 OF
THIS CHAPTER, MAY ORDER THE RECOVERY OF SUCH PUBLIC FUNDS.
  § 10. Severability. If any clause, sentence,  subdivision,  paragraph,
section  or  part of title 2 of article 14 of the election law, as added
by section five of this act be adjudged by any court of competent juris-
diction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invali-
date 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.
  §  11.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, all
affected candidates will be eligible to participate in voluntary  public
financing  beginning  with the 2021 election and provided, further, this
act shall expire June 1, 2024 when upon such date the provisions of this
act shall be deemed repealed.