Bill Text: NY S05546 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-25 - ADVANCED TO THIRD READING [S05546 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05546-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        5546--A
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 15, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sens.  ADDABBO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PERALTA -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Elections  --  recommitted to the Committee on Elections in accordance
         with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting candidates
         from authorizing  more  than  one  political  committee  for  any  one
         election
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by  chapter
    2  930 of the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
    3    S   14-112.  [Political]  AUTHORIZED  COMMITTEE;  POLITICAL  committee
    4  authorization statement. 1. Any political  committee  aiding  or  taking
    5  part  in  the  election  or  nomination of any candidate[, other than by
    6  making contributions,] shall file, in the office in which the statements
    7  of such committee are to be filed pursuant to  this  article,  either  a
    8  sworn  verified  statement  by  the  treasurer of such committee AND THE
    9  CANDIDATE that [the] SUCH candidate has authorized the political commit-
   10  tee to aid or take part in his OR  HER  election  or  A  SWORN  VERIFIED
   11  STATEMENT  BY THE TREASURER OF SUCH COMMITTEE that the candidate has not
   12  authorized the committee to aid or take part in his OR HER election.
   13    2. NO CANDIDATE MAY AUTHORIZE MORE THAN ONE  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  FOR
   14  ANY  ONE  ELECTION.   ANY CANDIDATE WHO, ON DECEMBER FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
   15  TEN, HAS AUTHORIZED MORE  THAN  ONE  POLITICAL  COMMITTEE  FOR  ANY  ONE
   16  ELECTION  SHALL, NOT LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SAID DATE, DISAVOW ALL
   17  BUT ONE OF SUCH COMMITTEES, IN WRITING, TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   18  THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE AUTHORIZATION OF AN  EXPLORATORY
   19  COMMITTEE BY AN ELECTED PUBLIC OFFICIAL. A MULTI-CANDIDATE COMMITTEE MAY
   20  NOT BE AN AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11720-02-0
       S. 5546--A                          2
    1    3.  CAMPAIGN  FUNDS  REMAINING  IN  ANY  DISAVOWED  COMMITTEE SHALL BE
    2  DISPOSED OF PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE.
    3    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
    4  have become a law; provided, however, that the state board of  elections
    5  shall  notify  all candidates and political committees of the applicable
    6  provisions of this act within thirty days  after  this  act  shall  have
    7  become a law.