Senate Bill S2915

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-S2915 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1130
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง14-104, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7432, A10265
2013-2014: S2789, A395
2017-2018: A623

2015-S2915 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a candidate to designate a committee of not less than 3 persons to appoint and remove the treasurer of his or her campaign committee.

2015-S2915 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S2915 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2915

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 30, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- 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  the  appointment  and
  removal of the treasurer of a candidate committee

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 14-104 of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  430  of  the  laws  of 1997, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Any candidate for election to public office, or for nomination  for
public  office  at  a  contested  primary election or convention, or for
election to a party position at a primary election,  shall  file  state-
ments  sworn,  or subscribed and bearing a form notice that false state-
ments made therein are punishable as a class A misdemeanor  pursuant  to
section 210.45 of the penal law, at the times prescribed by this article
setting  forth the particulars specified by section 14-102 of this arti-
cle, as to all moneys or other valuable things, paid, given, expended or
promised by him OR HER to aid his OR HER own nomination or election,  or
to  promote  the  success  or  defeat of a political party, or to aid or
influence the nomination or election or the defeat of any  other  candi-
date to be voted for at the election or primary election or at a conven-
tion, including contributions to political committees, officers, members
or  agents  thereof, and transfers, receipts and contributions to him OR
HER to be used for any of the purposes above specified, or in lieu ther-
eof, any such candidate may file such a sworn  statement  at  the  first
filing period, on a form prescribed by the state board of elections that
such candidate has made no such expenditures and does not intend to make
any  such  expenditures, except through a political committee authorized
by such candidate pursuant to this article.  SUCH CANDIDATE  MAY  DESIG-
NATE  A  COMMITTEE OF NO LESS THAN THREE PERSONS WHO SHALL BE AUTHORIZED
TO APPOINT AND REMOVE THE TREASURER OF ANY AUTHORIZED COMMITTEE  OF  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01412-01-5

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