Bill Text: NY S09921 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 6)

Status: (Introduced) 2026-04-16 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S09921 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S09921-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9921

                    IN SENATE

                                     April 16, 2026
                                       ___________

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

        AN ACT to authorize the public  campaign  finance  board  to  accept  an
          application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for gover-
          nor  and  lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public
          matching funds

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

     1    Section  1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
     2  ry, the public campaign finance  board  shall  accept  for  purposes  of
     3  determining  eligibility for public matching funds for the 2026 election
     4  cycle pursuant to title 2 of article 14 of the  election  law,  a  joint
     5  certification  form    as  required by 9 NYCRR 6221.26 (e) (2), which is
     6  designated as PCF-22 type 1P application/certification form, which  form
     7  shall be signed by both the candidate for governor and lieutenant gover-
     8  nor  on  the same form together with the notarization of such signatures
     9  as it relates to any of the candidates for governor as listed in  public
    10  campaign    finance  board resolution 2026-07, which form shall be filed
    11  with the public campaign finance  board  within  seven  days  after  the
    12  effective date of this act.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15470-01-6
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