Bill Text: NY A09153 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires that all candidates obtain the written, express permission of any person identified in campaign literature.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-31 - referred to election law [A09153 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A09153-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9153

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 31, 2022
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  media  identification
          requirements in the fair campaign code

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-106  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and as redesignated by chapter
     3  9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. In addition to the powers and duties elsewhere enumerated  in  this
     5  article,  the  state  board  of  elections, after public hearings, shall
     6  adopt a "fair campaign code" setting forth ethical standards of  conduct
     7  for  persons,  political  parties  and  committees  engaged  in election
     8  campaigns including, but not limited to, specific  prohibitions  against
     9  practices of political espionage and other political practices involving
    10  subversion  of the political parties and process, and requiring that all
    11  campaign literature, media advertisements or broadcasts, public  speech-
    12  es,  press  releases  and  other writing shall identify any person other
    13  than the candidate and such candidate shall obtain the written,  express
    14  permission of any person identified in such literature.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    16  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
    17  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
    18  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
    19  completed on or before such effective date.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14416-01-2