Bill Text: NY S00171 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to requiring the state board of elections to utilize computer programs for certain online filings which are compatible with widely used programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00171 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S00171-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 171 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SQUADRON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring widely compatible software electronic filing of campaign receipts and expend- itures THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 9-A of section 3-102 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 406 of the laws of 2005, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (a) develop an electronic reporting system to process the statements 5 of campaign receipts, contributions, transfers and expenditures required 6 to be filed with any board of elections pursuant to the provisions of 7 sections 14-102 and 14-104 of this chapter WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH 8 WIDELY USED COMPUTER PROGRAMS WHICH PROCESS AND STORE INFORMATION SIMI- 9 LAR TO THAT WHICH IS REQUIRED BY SUCH SECTIONS; 10 S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after 11 it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00299-01-3