Bill Text: NY S01993 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to requiring the joint commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance training course and requiring all members of the legislature, their staff treasurer and all individuals running for elected office to complete the campaign finance training course.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ETHICS AND INTERNAL GOVERNANCE [S01993 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S01993-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1993
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 18, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- 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 executive law, in relation to  requiring  the  joint
          commission on public ethics to develop and maintain a campaign finance
          training  course;  and  to  amend  the legislative law, in relation to
          requiring all members of the legislature, their  staff  treasurer  and
          all  individuals  running  for elected office to complete the campaign
          finance training course
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  (m)  and subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (n) of
     2  subdivision 9 of section 94 of  the  executive  law,  paragraph  (m)  as
     3  amended  and subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (n) as added by section 6 of
     4  part A of chapter 399 of the laws of 2011, are amended and a  new  para-
     5  graph (o) is added to read as follows:
     6    (m)  Determine  a  question  common  to a class or defined category of
     7  persons or items of information required to be disclosed, where determi-
     8  nation of the question will prevent undue  repetition  of  requests  for
     9  exemption  or  deletion  or prevent undue complication in complying with
    10  the requirements of such section; [and]
    11    (iv) if thereafter sufficient cause exists, the commission shall  take
    12  additional actions, as appropriate and consistent with law[.]; and
    13    (o)  The  commission  shall  develop  and  maintain a campaign finance
    14  training course for members of the legislature, their  staff  treasurers
    15  and  members  of  the  general  public  running for elected office. Such
    16  course shall be  designed  to  help  individuals  in  understanding  and
    17  complying  with  current  campaign finance requirements under state law,
    18  legislative rules and federal law. The  course  shall  be  available  in
    19  person  and  on  the internet and shall include provisions for verifying
    20  when an individual has successfully completed the course.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06340-01-9
        S. 1993                             2
     1    § 2. The legislative law is amended by adding a new section 81 to read
     2  as follows:
     3    § 81. Campaign finance training course. 1. Each member of the legisla-
     4  ture,  their staff treasurer and any member of the general public who is
     5  running for elected office shall annually complete the campaign  finance
     6  training  course  developed  by  the  joint  commission on public ethics
     7  pursuant to paragraph (o) of subdivision nine of section ninety-four  of
     8  the executive law.
     9    2. Legislators and staff treasurers shall verify the completion on his
    10  or  her  annual  legislative  financial  disclosure form. Members of the
    11  general public running for elected office shall verify the completion on
    12  his or her required campaign finance forms.
    13    3. Failure to comply with the provisions  of  this  section  shall  be
    14  punishable  by  a fine of three hundred dollars. If failure is not reme-
    15  died within ninety days then there will be an additional  three  hundred
    16  dollar fine imposed.
    17    § 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2020.