Bill Text: NY S07309 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Eliminates duplicate electronic filing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-04-17 - signed chap.34 [S07309 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07309-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7309

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 17, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  the  elimination  of
          duplicate electronic filing

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 14-105 of the election law, as added by  a  chapter
     2  of  the  laws  of 2019, amending the election law relating to satisfying
     3  filing requirements, as proposed in legislative bills  numbers  S.  3134
     4  and A. 1740, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 14-105. Elimination of duplicate electronic filing. 1. Any candidate
     6  or  authorized political committee of a candidate required to file elec-
     7  tronically with the state board of elections shall  be  deemed  to  have
     8  satisfied such filing requirements upon making electronic filings with a
     9  local  campaign  finance  board,  provided  the state board of elections
    10  determines: (i) the filing format, standards and  review  and  audit  of
    11  filings  of  such campaign finance board meet or exceed the requirements
    12  imposed by this article; and (ii) the campaign finance  filing  data  of
    13  such  local  campaign finance board is publicly available in a manner at
    14  least substantially equivalent to the board of elections publication  of
    15  campaign  finance  filings;  and (iii) such local campaign finance board
    16  will provide the  chief  enforcement  counsel  of  the  state  board  of
    17  elections notice of filing delinquencies and non-filings.
    18    2.  If  the  state  board  of  elections  permits filings with a local
    19  campaign finance board to be deemed filings  with  the  state  board  of
    20  elections,  such board shall provide a link on its website to the public
    21  disclosure and search functions of the website of  such  local  campaign
    22  finance board.
    23    3.  A  determination  permitting filings with a local campaign finance
    24  board to be deemed filings with the state board of  elections  shall  be
    25  revoked  upon  a  determination that the local campaign finance board no
    26  longer complies with any one or more of the criteria enumerated in para-
    27  graphs (i), (ii) and (iii) of subdivision one of this section.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01923-02-9

        S. 7309                             2

     1    § 2. This act shall take effect on the  same  date  and  in  the  same
     2  manner  as  a  chapter  of  the  laws of 2019, amending the election law
     3  relating to satisfying filing requirements, as proposed  in  legislative
     4  bills numbers S. 3134 and A. 1740, takes effect.
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