NY State Senate Bill 2023-S3574

Senate Bill S3574

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to posting financial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candidate for a member of the legislature

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Ethics And Internal Governance Committee

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Jan 03, 2024	referred to ethics and internal governance
Feb 01, 2023	referred to ethics and internal governance

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2023-S3574 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A2507
Current Committee:: Senate Ethics And Internal Governance
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §73-a, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: A9084
2021-2022: S7439, A5950

2023-S3574 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to posting financial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candidates for a member of the legislature.

2023-S3574 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S3574

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to posting finan-
cial disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
dates for a member of the legislature

 
PURPOSE:

This bill requires the website posting of financial disclosure filings
for candidates for state elected office who are required to make such
filings given that such filings, are already public documents, but
unhelpfully are not made easily accessible.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: amends paragraph (k) of subdivision 2 of section 73-a of the
public officers law, to require the Joint Commission on Public Ethics to
post the financial disclosure filings it receives for candidates for
statewide office and candidates to be a member of the State Legislature

to its website within five days of receipt.

Section 2: Sets the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

It is important for voters to know about the conflicts and potential
conflicts of interest of candidates running for office. Elected state-
wide office holders and members of the Legislature are already required
to submit financial disclosure filings as public documents and they are
posted publicly on the JCOPE website. However, for candidates for these
offices, while they must submit financial disclosures, in order for the
public to access them, a member of the public has to file-a Freedom of
Information Law request. This bill furthers democratic accountability,
and also begins to recognize that with the accelerated primary schedule,
it is important for public disclosure to occur promptly so that voters
can be informed in advance of the elections.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2021-2022: S7439A, Advanced to Third Reading

2021-2022: S7439A, COMMITTED TO RULES

Assembly

2021-2022: A5950, Referred to Governmental Operations

2021-2022: A5950, Amend and recommit to governmental operations

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.

2023-S3574 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3574
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Ethics and Internal Gover-
   nance
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  posting  finan-
   cial  disclosure filings for candidates for statewide office or candi-
   dates for a member of the legislature

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (k)  of  subdivision  2 of section 73-a of the
 public officers law, as amended by section 7 of part QQ of chapter 56 of
 the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (k) The commission on ethics and lobbying in government shall post for
 at least five years beginning for filings made  on  January  first,  two
 thousand  thirteen  the annual statement of financial disclosure and any
 amendments filed by each person subject to the reporting requirements of
 this subdivision who is an elected  official,  CANDIDATE  FOR  STATEWIDE
 OFFICE  OR CANDIDATE FOR A MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE, on its website for
 public review within [thirty] FIVE days of its receipt of such statement
 or within [ten] FIVE days of its receipt of such amendment that reflects
 any corrections of deficiencies identified by the commission or  by  the
 reporting  individual  after  the reporting individual's initial filing.
 Except upon an individual determination by the commission  that  certain
 information  may  be deleted from a reporting individual's annual state-
 ment of financial disclosure, none of the information in  the  statement
 posted on the commission's website shall be otherwise deleted.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2024.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05251-01-3

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James Skoufis