Bill Text: NY A08925 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 17-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-23 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A08925 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A08925-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8925
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 4, 2012
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       Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to prohibiting private
         individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associ-
         ated with the conduct of a referendum
         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 1-107
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 1-107. EXPENSES RELATED TO LOCAL MANDATORY AND  PERMISSIVE  REFEREN-
    4  DUM.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO
    5  PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL,  PARTNERSHIP,  CORPORATION,  INDUSTRY,  ASSOCIATION,
    6  ORGANIZATION,  FIRM,  TRUST, ESTATE OR OTHER LEGAL ENTITY NOT ASSOCIATED
    7  WITH THE STATE OR A MUNICIPALITY SHALL DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY PAY OR USE
    8  OR OFFER, CONSENT TO OR AGREE TO PAY OR USE ANY MONEY OR PROPERTY FOR OR
    9  IN AID OF THE PAYMENT OF ANY EXPENSE INCURRED OR EXPECTED TO BE INCURRED
   10  BY THE STATE OR ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,  VILLAGE  OR  SPECIAL  DISTRICT,
   11  WHICH  EXPENSE  IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF A MANDATORY OR PERMIS-
   12  SIVE REFERENDUM CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSE OF DECIDING ANY  BALLOT  QUES-
   13  TION  SUBMITTED  TO ALL THE VOTERS OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR
   14  SPECIAL DISTRICT.  SUCH EXPENSES SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO
   15  THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND PERSONNEL UTILIZED TO
   16  CONDUCT THE REFERENDUM.
   17    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11771-02-2