Bill Text: NY S02157 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to disclosure of the identities of political committees making certain expenditures for political communications.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-14 - PRINT NUMBER 2157B [S02157 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S02157-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2157--B 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 21, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, AVELLA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- 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 disclosure of the iden- tities of political committees making certain expenditures for poli- tical communications The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 14-106 of the election law, as amended by section 3 2 of subpart C of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 § 14-106. Political communication. 1. The statements required to be 5 filed under the provisions of this article next succeeding a primary, 6 general or special election shall be accompanied by a copy of all broad- 7 cast, cable or satellite schedules and scripts, internet, print and 8 other types of advertisements, pamphlets, circulars, flyers, brochures, 9 letterheads and other printed matter purchased or produced, and reprod- 10 uctions of statements or information published to five hundred or more 11 members of a general public audience by computer or other electronic 12 device including but not limited to electronic mail or text message, 13 purchased in connection with such election by or under the authority of 14 the person filing the statement or the committee or the person on whose 15 behalf it is filed, as the case may be. Such copies, schedules and 16 scripts shall be preserved by the officer with whom or the board with 17 which it is required to be filed for a period of one year from the date 18 of filing thereof. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07210-03-6
