Bill Text: NY S02558 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires the fair campaign code to require campaign literature and other mass media identify the person, political party or committee authorizing such material.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02558 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02558-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2558
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. KRUEGER -- 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  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  THE  PERSON,  POLI-
   13  TICAL PARTY OR COMMITTEE AUTHORIZING SUCH MATERIAL.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
   15  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
   16  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   17  tation of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on  or
   18  before such effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00129-01-5