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Senate Bill S5914

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the board of elections to maintain a database of all campaign finance disclosure report filers and to provide a means to search such database for active filers

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2019-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4389
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §14-123, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A9378
2017-2018: A6475
2021-2022: S283
2023-2024: S2344

2019-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the board of elections to maintain a database of all campaign finance disclosure report filers and to provide a means to search such database for active filers.

2019-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5914
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board  of
   elections  to  maintain  a database of all campaign finance disclosure
   report filers and to provide a  means  to  search  such  database  for
   active filers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section  14-123
 to read as follows:
   §  14-123.  DATABASE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE REPORT FILERS. THE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL MAINTAIN A DATABASE  OF  ALL  CAMPAIGN  FINANCE
 DISCLOSURE  REPORT  FILERS  ON ITS WEBSITE. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL
 ESTABLISH A MEANS TO LIMIT A SEARCH OF SUCH DATABASE TO  DISPLAY  ACTIVE
 FILERS ONLY.
   §  2. This act shall take effect one year after it shall have become a
 law.  Effective immediately, the addition and/or repeal of any  rule  or
 regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective
 date.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07929-01-9

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