Assembly Bill A4493A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires the disclosure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president

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

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2019-A4493 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S32
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-170, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8217
2017-2018: S26

2019-A4493 - Summary

Requires the disclosure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president.

2019-A4493 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4493
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 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 requiring  the  disclo-
   sure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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.
   3. PRIOR TO MAKING ANY INCOME TAX RETURN FILED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 ONE OF THIS SECTION PUBLIC, THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  REDACT
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01002-02-9

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2019-A4493A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S32
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-170, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S8217
2017-2018: S26

2019-A4493A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the disclosure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president.

2019-A4493A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4493--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 4, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. FAHY, D'URSO, GRIFFIN -- read once and referred
   to the  Committee  on  Election  Law  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring  the  disclo-
   sure of tax returns by candidates for president and vice president
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. 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.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF  LAW  TO  THE
 CONTRARY,  THE  NAME  OF A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OR VICE
 PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SHALL NOT BE PRINTED  UPON  THE  OFFICIAL
 BALLOT  FOR  EITHER  A PRIMARY OR GENERAL ELECTION IF SUCH CANDIDATE HAS
 NOT COMPLIED WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION.
   2. A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OR VICE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES SHALL, WITHIN A REASONABLE TIMEFRAME TO BE ESTABLISHED BY
 REGULATION OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS:
   (A) FILE WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS A COPY OF SUCH  CANDIDATE'S
 FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURN, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 6103(B)(1)
 OF  THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, 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 BOARD, FOR THE
 PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF SUCH RETURNS PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION THREE OF  THIS
 SECTION.
   3.  FEDERAL INCOME TAX RETURNS FILED WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 BY A CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT  OR  VICE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE
 UNITED  STATES PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE MADE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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