Bill Text: NY A04084 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 4084 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Prohibits the deliberate misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to hold public office, including the use of a candidate's image, name, or likeness in a manner which is misleading.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-14 - held for consideration in election law [A04084 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04084-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4084
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 1, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO, GIGLIO, DiPIETRO -- Multi-Sponsored by
          --  M. of A.  CROUCH, EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the  delib-
          erate  misrepresentation of the character or fitness of a candidate to
          hold public office
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 3-106 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by  chapter  9
     3  of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  In  addition to the powers and duties elsewhere enumerated in this
     5  article, the state board of  elections,  after  public  hearings,  shall
     6  adopt  a "fair campaign code" setting forth ethical standards of conduct
     7  for persons,  political  parties  and  committees  engaged  in  election
     8  campaigns  including,  but not limited to, specific prohibitions against
     9  practices of political espionage and other political practices involving
    10  subversion of the political parties and process  and  specific  prohibi-
    11  tions  against  deliberate misrepresentation of the character or fitness
    12  of a candidate to hold public office, including the use of a candidate's
    13  image, name, or likeness in a manner which is misleading.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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