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Senate Bill S1460
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 35th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 12th Senate District
(D, WF) 29th Senate District
2013-S1460 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A690
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §14-100, El L
2013-S1460 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S1460 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to defining the term "express advocacy" SUBJECT AND PURPOSE: To enhance and strengthen New York State's campaign finance laws by defining, for the first time in New York State law, the terms "independent expenditure" and "express advocacy." This bill aims to ensure that entities engaged in express advocacy of candidates are captured by the registration and disclosure provisions of the election law. SUMMARY AND DESCRIPTION OF PROVISIONS: The bill adds new subdivisions 12 and 13 to § 14-100 of the Election Law to define "express advocacy" and "independent expenditure", respectively. The new definition of "express advocacy" captures, and subjects to full disclosure under the Election Law, those entities that are engaged in express advocacy activity which has heretofore not been captured by the statute. The new definition of "independent expenditure" expands the definition of this term as recently adopted by the New York State Board of Elections in its regulations. This new definition states that independent expenditures also include references to "clearly identified candidates" as set forth in the definition of "express
2013-S1460 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1460 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E (PREFILED) January 9, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- 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 defining the term "express advocacy" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-100 of the election law, as amended by chapter 71 of the laws of 1988, is amended to read as follows: 1. "political committee" means any corporation aiding or promoting and any committee, political club or combination of one or more persons operating or co-operating to aid or to promote the success or defeat of a political party or principle, or of any ballot proposal; or to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a candidate for public office or to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a candidate for nomi- nation at a primary election or convention, including all proceedings prior to such primary election, or of a candidate for any party position voted for at a primary election, or to aid or defeat the nomination by petition of an independent candidate for public office; but nothing in this article shall apply to any committee or organization for the discussion or advancement of political questions or principles without connection with any vote or to a national committee organized for the election of presidential or vice-presidential candidates; PROVIDED HOWEVER THAT EXPRESS ADVOCACY AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION TWELVE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE; provided, [however] FURTHER, that a person or corporation making contribution or contributions to a candidate or a political committee which has filed pursuant to section 14-118 OF THIS ARTICLE shall not, by that fact alone, be deemed to be a political committee as herein defined. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02373-01-3
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