Bill Text: NY S02915 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-03-16 - referred to election law [S02915 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02915-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2915
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 30, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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  the  appointment  and
         removal of the treasurer of a candidate committee
         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 14-104 of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  430  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    1. Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination  for
    5  public  office  at  a  contested  primary election or convention, or for
    6  election to a party position at a primary election,  shall  file  state-
    7  ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
    8  ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
    9  section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
   10  setting  forth the particulars specified by section 14-102 of this arti-
   11  cle, as to all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or
   12  promised by him OR HER to aid his OR HER own nomination or election,  or
   13  to  promote  the  success  or  defeat of a political party, or to aid or
   14  influence the nomination or election or the defeat of any  other  candi-
   15  date to be voted for at the election or primary election or at a conven-
   16  tion, including contributions to political committees, officers, members
   17  or  agents  thereof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to him OR
   18  HER to be used for any of the purposes above specified, or in lieu ther-
   19  eof, any such candidate may file such a sworn  statement  at  the  first
   20  filing period, on a form prescribed by the state board of elections that
   21  such candidate has made no such expenditures and does not intend to make
   22  any  such  expenditures, except through a political committee authorized
   23  by such candidate pursuant to this article.  SUCH CANDIDATE  MAY  DESIG-
   24  NATE  A  COMMITTEE OF NO LESS THAN THREE PERSONS WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
   25  TO APPOINT AND REMOVE THE TREASURER OF ANY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE  OF  THE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01412-01-5
       S. 2915                             2
    1  CANDIDATE.  THE  DESIGNATION  OF  THE  COMMITTEE SHALL BE EVIDENCED IN A
    2  WRITING FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY THE CANDIDATE AUTHOR-
    3  IZING THE COMMITTEE. A committee authorized  by  such  a  candidate  may
    4  fulfill  all  of  the  filing requirements of this act on behalf of such
    5  candidate.
    6    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.