Bill Text: NY A07581 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7581 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to making campaign financial disclosure reports available online.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-20 - held for consideration in election law [A07581 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A07581-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7581
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 23, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. KATZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  instituting  greater
         transparence in contributions made to any elected officials
         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  14-125
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S  14-125.  PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS
    4  ONLINE. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY
    5  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR EACH COUNTY
    6  OF THE STATE AND IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE FIVE  COUNTIES  THEREOF
    7  SHALL IMPLEMENT AND ESTABLISH AN ONLINE DATA BASE DETAILING ALL CAMPAIGN
    8  FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS FILED BY EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL RUNNING FOR
    9  OR  VOTED INTO A PUBLIC OFFICE IN NEW YORK STATE AND FOR EVERY CANDIDATE
   10  FOR PUBLIC OFFICE.  SUCH DATA BASE SHALL CONSIST OF ALL CAMPAIGN  FINAN-
   11  CIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS FILED IN CONNECTION WITH EACH ELECTION (PRIMARY,
   12  GENERAL  AND  SPECIAL)  PURSUANT  TO  SECTION 14-108 OF THIS ARTICLE AND
   13  NYCRR 6200.2.
   14    (A) A LINK TO SUCH DATA BASE SHALL BE CLEARLY VISIBLE ON  THE  OPENING
   15  PAGE  OF  THE  WEBSITE FOR THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS AND THE BOARD OF
   16  ELECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY  AND  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  "CAMPAIGN  FINANCIAL
   17  DISCLOSURE REPORTS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES IN YOUR COUNTY".
   18  IF,  AN  ELECTED  OFFICIAL  OR  CANDIDATE FILES THEIR CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL
   19  DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS WITH THE STATE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS  THE  VISITOR
   20  SHALL  BE DIRECTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE.  BY
   21  CLICKING ON SUCH LINK THE WEBSITE VISITOR SHALL BE ABLE TO VIEW  A  LIST
   22  OF  ALL  THE  ELECTED  OFFICIALS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND CANDIDATES ON THE
   23  BALLOT IN PRIMARY, GENERAL AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS.  FROM  SUCH  LIST  THE
   24  VISITOR  SHALL  THEN  BE ABLE TO SELECT THE NAME OF A PARTICULAR ELECTED
   25  OFFICIAL OR CANDIDATE AND VIEW ALL REPORTED CAMPAIGN  FINANCIAL  DISCLO-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10763-01-3
       A. 7581                             2
    1  SURE  REPORTS  FILED  BY  SUCH  ELECTED OFFICIAL OR CANDIDATE WITHIN THE
    2  CURRENT  CALENDAR  YEAR.  ADDITIONALLY,  CAMPAIGN  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE
    3  REPORTS MADE IN PREVIOUS YEARS SHALL BE ARCHIVED ON THE SAME WEBPAGE FOR
    4  A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.
    5    (B)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY ALL
    6  ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CANDIDATES WHO MAINTAIN ANY  WEBSITE,  OTHER  THAN
    7  THE  WEBSITE  MAINTAINED  FOR  SERVICE IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITY, SHALL
    8  ESTABLISH A CLEARLY VISIBLE LINK ENTITLED "MY CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLO-
    9  SURE REPORTS".  SUCH LINK SHALL DIRECT WEBSITE VISITORS TO THE STATE  OR
   10  THEIR  RESPECTIVE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS COUNTY WEBSITE. ALL CANDIDATES FOR
   11  PUBLIC OFFICE SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THEIR CAMPAIGN WEBSITE OR  SITE  THAT
   12  INCLUDES  CAMPAIGN INFORMATION TO ESTABLISH A CLEARLY VISIBLE LINK ENTI-
   13  TLED "MY CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS" ON THEIR HOME PAGE. SUCH
   14  LINK SHALL DIRECT WEBSITE VISITORS TO  THE  STATE  OR  THEIR  RESPECTIVE
   15  BOARD OF ELECTIONS COUNTY WEBSITE.  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION ANY
   16  WEBSITE  WHICH  CONTAINS  INFORMATION  ON AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S CAMPAIGN
   17  SHALL BE CONSIDERED A CAMPAIGN WEBSITE.
   18    2. (A) ALL  THREE  CAMPAIGN  FINANCIAL  DISCLOSURE  REPORTS  FILED  IN
   19  CONNECTION  WITH  EACH ELECTION: THIRTY-TWO DAY PRE-ELECTION; ELEVEN DAY
   20  PRE-ELECTION; TEN DAY POST-ELECTION  FOR  PRIMARY  ELECTIONS  (ONLY  FOR
   21  THOSE  PARTICIPATING  FINANCIALLY  IN  THE PRIMARY); OR TWENTY-SEVEN DAY
   22  POST-ELECTION FOR GENERAL OR SPECIAL ELECTIONS SHALL BE  MADE  AVAILABLE
   23  ON  THE  STATE  OR COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITE WITHIN FIVE DAYS OF
   24  THEIR FILING DATE.
   25    (B) CAMPAIGN FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE PERIODIC REPORTS SHALL ALSO BE  MADE
   26  AVAILABLE ON THE CITY, COUNTY OR STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS WEBSITES WITH-
   27  IN  FIVE  DAYS  OF  THEIR  FILING DATE AS SPECIFIED IN THE ANNUAL FILING
   28  CALENDAR.
   29    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
   30  campaign  financial  disclosure  reports  filed  one hundred twenty days
   31  after this act shall have become a law.