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                                   4072
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  enacting  the  "tax
   returns uniformly made public act"
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "tax returns uniformly made public act".
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-170 to read
 as follows:
   §  6-170.  DISCLOSURE  OF  TAX RETURNS BY CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT AND
 VICE PRESIDENT. 1. NOT LATER THAN FIFTY DAYS BEFORE A GENERAL  ELECTION,
 A  CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT, OTHER THAN A
 WRITE-IN CANDIDATE WHO FILES A CERTIFICATE OF CANDIDACY WITH  THE  STATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-153 OF THIS ARTICLE, SHALL:
   (A)  FILE  WITH  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS A COPY OF THE FEDERAL
 INCOME TAX RETURN, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 6103(B)(1) OF  THE
 INTERNAL  REVENUE  CODE OF 1986, OF SUCH CANDIDATE FOR AT LEAST THE FIVE
 MOST RECENT TAXABLE YEARS FOR WHICH SUCH A RETURN HAS  BEEN  FILED  WITH
 THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; AND
   (B) PROVIDE WRITTEN CONSENT TO THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS,  IN  SUCH  FORM  AS SHALL BE PRESCRIBED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, FOR THE PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SUCH RETURNS PURSUANT TO  SUBDI-
 VISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2.  INCOME  TAX  RETURNS  FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY A
 CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT  OR  VICE  PRESIDENT  PURSUANT  TO
 SUBDIVISION  ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE ON THE
 WEBSITE OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS NO LATER THAN SEVEN  DAYS  AFTER
 SUCH  INCOME  TAX  RETURNS HAVE BEEN FILED, SUBJECT TO SUCH REDACTION AS
 MAY BE WARRANTED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05844-01-7
              

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   3. PRIOR TO MAKING ANY INCOME TAX RETURN FILED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION PUBLIC, THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  REDACT
 SUCH  INFORMATION AS THE BOARD, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE COMMISSIONER OF
 TAXATION AND FINANCE OR HIS OR HER DELEGATE, DEEMS APPROPRIATE.
   4.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  SECTION  OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, IF A
 CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT HAS  NOT  TIMELY
 FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS THE INCOME TAX RETURNS AND WRIT-
 TEN  CONSENT  REQUIRED  BY  SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE NAME OF
 SUCH CANDIDATE SHALL NOT BE PRINTED UPON THE  OFFICIAL  BALLOT  FOR  THE
 GENERAL ELECTION.
   § 3. Section 12-106 of the election law is amended to read as follows:
   §  12-106.  Electoral college; vote of the electors. Immediately after
 the organization of the electoral college, the electors shall  then  and
 there  vote  by  ballot for president and vice president, but no elector
 shall vote for more than one person who is a resident of this  state  OR
 FOR  ANY  PERSON  SUBJECT  TO  THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 6-170 OF THIS
 CHAPTER WHO FAILED TO COMPLY WITH SUCH REQUIREMENTS. They shall name  in
 separate  ballots the persons voted for as president and vice president.
 They shall make and sign six certificates of  all  the  votes  given  by
 them,  each  of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one
 with the votes for president and one with the votes for vice  president.
 There  shall  be annexed to each of the certificates one of the lists of
 electors which shall have been furnished to them by the state  board  of
 elections.  They shall seal up the certificates so made and certify upon
 each that the lists of all the votes of this state given  for  president
 and vice president are contained therein.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.