Bill Text: NY S08372 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows first class mailing of 3-104-a notices if an affidavit attesting to such mailing is created as evidence.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-04 - REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO RULES [S08372 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08372-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8372
                    IN SENATE
                                       May 3, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  AKSHAR -- 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 first class mailing  of
          3-104-a notices
          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 3-104-a of the  election  law,  as
     2  added  by  section 5 of subpart B of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of
     3  2014, is amended to read as follows:
     4    1. There shall be a compliance unit within the board of elections. The
     5  compliance unit shall examine campaign finance statements required to be
     6  filed pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter. If  such  statements
     7  are  found  to be deficient, the compliance unit shall notify the person
     8  required to file such statement of such deficiency. Such notice shall be
     9  in writing and mailed to the last known residence or business address of
    10  such person by certified mail, return receipt requested,  or  mailed  to
    11  such address by first class mail if an affidavit attesting to such mail-
    12  ing  is created to evidence such mailing. If the person required to file
    13  such statement is a treasurer who has stated that the committee has been
    14  authorized by one or more candidates, a copy of  such  notice  shall  be
    15  sent to each candidate by first class mail.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of December after
    17  it shall have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15530-01-8