Bill Text: NY S01034 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for mandatory training for treasurers of political committees once every three years; requires treasurers to complete such training within forty-five days after first being appointed; requires the state board of elections to provide such training in any method it determines, as well as a web-based format; makes related provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S01034 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1034
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 6, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- 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 providing for mandatory
          training curriculum for treasurers of political committees
          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 14-119
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 14-119. Mandatory training for treasurers of  political  committees.
     4  1.  Treasurers shall, within forty-five days after being first appointed
     5  as a treasurer, complete a course of instruction provided by  the  state
     6  board  of elections on the requirements of this article and the campaign
     7  finance regulations of the board of elections.  The curriculum shall  be
     8  established  by  the state board of elections and shall not exceed three
     9  hours of instruction.
    10    2. Treasurers  shall  biennially  complete  a  course  of  instruction
    11  provided by the state board of elections to assist treasurers in contin-
    12  uing  to  comply  with the requirements of this article and the campaign
    13  finance regulations of the board of elections. The curriculum  shall  be
    14  established by the state board of elections and shall not exceed one and
    15  one-half hours of instruction.
    16    3. The state board of elections shall provide the training required by
    17  subdivision two of this section through, in addition to other methods it
    18  may choose, a web-based recorded format.
    19    4.  Upon the failure of a treasurer to complete the instruction within
    20  the time required by this section, the state board  of  elections  shall
    21  send a delinquency notice to the treasurer on notice to the candidate or
    22  candidates  supported  by  the  committee,  if applicable, requiring the
    23  treasurer to come into compliance with the training obligations of  this
    24  section.
    25    § 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02020-01-7