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                                   1641
 
                        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.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  requiring  campaign
   finance information of certain candidates or committees to be filed on
   an electronic reporting system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 14-102 of the election law,
 subdivision 4 as amended and subdivision 5 as added by  chapter  406  of
 the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   4.  Any  committee which is required to file statements with any board
 of elections pursuant to this article [and which  raises  or  spends  or
 expects to raise or spend more than one thousand dollars in any calendar
 year]  shall file all such statements pursuant to the electronic report-
 ing system prescribed by the state board of elections as  set  forth  in
 subdivision nine-A of section 3-102 of this chapter. Notwithstanding the
 provisions  of this subdivision, upon the filing of a sworn statement by
 the treasurer of a political committee which states that such  political
 committee  does  not  have  access to the technology necessary to comply
 with the electronic filing requirements of subdivision nine-A of section
 3-102 of this chapter and that filing by such means would  constitute  a
 substantial  hardship  for  such political committee, the state board of
 elections may issue an exemption from the electronic filing requirements
 of this article.
   [5. Any committee which is required to  file  statements  pursuant  to
 this  article with county boards of elections shall file in paper format
 to the county board of elections or in electronic format if the legisla-
 tive body of any county provides, by local  law,  an  electronic  filing
 system and shall file such statements by electronic reporting process to
 the state board of elections.]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01919-01-9
              

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   §  2.  Subdivisions  2  and  3  of section 14-104 of the election law,
 subdivision 2 as amended and subdivision 3 as added by  chapter  406  of
 the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  Statements filed by any political committee authorized by a candi-
 date pursuant to this article which is required to file such  statements
 with  any  board  of elections [and which raises or spends or expects to
 raise or spend more than one thousand  dollars  in  any  calendar  year]
 shall  file  all  such  statements  pursuant to the electronic reporting
 system prescribed by the state board of elections as set forth in subdi-
 vision nine-A of section 3-102  of  this  chapter.  Notwithstanding  the
 provisions  of this subdivision, upon the filing of a sworn statement by
 the treasurer of a political committee authorized by a candidate  pursu-
 ant  to  this  article  which  states  that such committee does not have
 access to the technology necessary to comply with the electronic  filing
 requirements  of subdivision nine-A of section 3-102 of this chapter and
 that filing by such means would constitute a  substantial  hardship  for
 such committee, the state board of elections may issue an exemption from
 the electronic filing requirements of this article.
   [3.  Any  committee  which  is required to file statements pursuant to
 this article with county boards of elections shall file in paper  format
 to the county board of elections or in electronic format if the legisla-
 tive  body  of  any  county provides, by local law, an electronic filing
 system and shall file such statements by electronic reporting process to
 the state board of elections.]
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 15, 2019.