Bill Text: NY S07674 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits private individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associated with the conduct of a referendum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S07674 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S07674-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7674

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 5, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- 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  prohibiting  private
          individuals or entities to pay for the administrative expenses associ-
          ated with the conduct of a referendum

          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  1-108
     2  to read as follows:
     3    §  1-108.  Expenses related to local mandatory and permissive referen-
     4  dum. Notwithstanding any other provision of  law  to  the  contrary,  no
     5  private  individual,  partnership,  corporation,  industry, association,
     6  organization, firm, trust, estate or other legal entity  not  associated
     7  with the state or a municipality shall directly or indirectly pay or use
     8  or offer, consent to or agree to pay or use any money or property for or
     9  in aid of the payment of any expense incurred or expected to be incurred
    10  by  the  state  or  any county, city, town, village or special district,
    11  which expense is associated with the conduct of a mandatory  or  permis-
    12  sive  referendum  conducted for the purpose of deciding any ballot ques-
    13  tion submitted to all the voters of any county, city, town,  village  or
    14  special  district.    Such expenses shall include, but not be limited to
    15  the costs associated with equipment, materials and personnel utilized to
    16  conduct the referendum.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04596-01-9