Senate Bill S6872

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   6872
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             November 25, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  directing  the  state
   board of elections to prescribe methods for which public contributions
   may be used in campaigning

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 17 of section 14-100 of the  election  law,  as
 added  by  section  2  of part JJJ of chapter 59 of the laws of 2018, is
 amended and two new subdivisions 18 and 19 are added to read as follows:
   17. "foreign national" means foreign national as such term is  defined
 by  subsection  (b)  of  section  30121 of title 52 of the United States
 code[.];
   18. "PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION" MEANS ANY CONTRIBUTION RECEIVED PURSUANT  TO
 THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  REPORTED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN  FINANCING AND
 ELECTION COMMISSION CREATED PURSUANT TO PART XXX OF  CHAPTER  FIFTY-NINE
 OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN; AND
   19. "NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING" MEANS ANY ADVERTISEMENT MADE BY A CANDIDATE
 OR  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  WHICH  DIRECTLY DISCUSSES OR CHARACTERIZES THE
 VIEWS, PLATFORM, CAMPAIGN MATERIAL, PERSONAL HISTORY, OR POLITICAL POSI-
 TION OF ANY OPPOSING CANDIDATE OR POLITICAL  COMMITTEE,  AND  ANY  OTHER
 CONDUCT SO DEFINED BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   §  2.  The  election  law is amended by adding a new section 14-131 to
 read as follows:
   § 14-131. PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS. NO LATER THAN NINETY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
 EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION, THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 SHALL, BY RULE OR REGULATION, PRESCRIBE THE METHODS FOR WHICH CANDIDATES
 OR POLITICAL COMMITTEES MAY USE PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS  TO  FUND  CAMPAIGN
 ACTIVITIES, WHICH SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, A RESTRICTION ON
 THE USE OF PUBLIC CONTRIBUTIONS FOR NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14118-03-9
              

 S. 6872                             2
 
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become  a  law,  provided  however,  that  if  the  recommendations
 contained within the public campaign financing and election commission's
 final  report have not been implemented on or before such date, sections
 one  and  two  of this act shall take effect on the same date and in the
 same manner as such recommendations are  implemented;  provided  further
 that  the  state  board  of  elections shall notify the legislative bill
 drafting commission upon the adoption of  the  recommendations  provided
 for in section one of this act in order that the commission may maintain
 an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the official text of the
 laws of the state  of  New  York  in  furtherance  of  effectuating  the
 provisions  of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of the
 public officers law.  Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 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.