Bill Text: NY A04493 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the disclosure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A04493 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A04493-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4493--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 4, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, D'URSO, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the disclo- sure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-170 2 to read as follows: 3 § 6-170. Disclosure of tax returns by candidates for president and 4 vice president. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the 5 contrary, the name of a candidate for the office of president or vice 6 president of the United States shall not be printed upon the official 7 ballot for either a primary or general election if such candidate has 8 not complied with the requirements of subdivision two of this section. 9 2. A candidate for the office of president or vice president of the 10 United States shall, within a reasonable timeframe to be established by 11 regulation of the state board of elections: 12 (a) file with the state board of elections a copy of such candidate's 13 federal income tax return, as that term is defined in section 6103(b)(1) 14 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, for at least the five most recent 15 taxable years for which such a return has been filed with the internal 16 revenue service; and 17 (b) provide written consent to the commissioners of the state board of 18 elections, in such form as shall be prescribed by the board, for the 19 public disclosure of such returns pursuant to subdivision three of this 20 section. 21 3. Federal income tax returns filed with the state board of elections 22 by a candidate for the office of president or vice president of the 23 United States pursuant to subdivision two of this section shall be made EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01002-04-9A. 4493--A 2 1 publicly available on the website of the board no later than seven days 2 after such federal income tax returns have been received by the board, 3 subject to such redaction as may be warranted pursuant to subdivision 4 four of this section. 5 4. Prior to making any federal income tax return filed pursuant to 6 subdivision two of this section publicly available, the state board of 7 elections shall redact the social security number, address or telephone 8 number of any individual in such federal income tax return, and shall 9 make any other redactions as the board, in consultation with the commis- 10 sioner of taxation and finance or his or her delegate, deems appropri- 11 ate. 12 § 2. Severability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivi- 13 sion, section or part of this act shall be adjudged by any court of 14 competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, 15 impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in 16 its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section 17 or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judg- 18 ment shall have been rendered. It is hereby declared to be the intent of 19 the legislature that this act would have been enacted even if such 20 invalid provisions had not been included herein. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
