NY State Senate Bill 2019-S3903

Senate Bill S3903

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Requires campaign finance information of certain candidates or committees to be filed on an electronic reporting system

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 28, 2019	signed chap.416
Oct 21, 2019	delivered to governor
May 20, 2019	returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.616 substituted for s3903
May 20, 2019	substituted by a1641
May 13, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 08, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 07, 2019	1st report cal.616
Feb 21, 2019	referred to elections

Votes

- May 20, 2019 - Floor Vote
  A1641
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 20, 2019
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      nay (1)
      
      Ritchie
      
      excused (2)
      
      Funke
      
      LaValle
  May 7, 2019 - Elections Committee Vote
  S3903
  
  6
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Elections Committee Vote: May 7, 2019
      
      aye (6)
      
      Akshar
      
      Kavanagh
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      Salazar
      
      excused (1)
      
      Funke

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2019-S3903 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A1641
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§14-102 & 14-104, El L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S5455, A6732

2019-S3903 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires campaign finance information of certain candidates or committees to be filed on an electronic reporting system.

2019-S3903 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S3903

SPONSOR: MYRIE
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring campaign
finance information of certain candidates or committees to be filed on
an electronic reporting system

 
PURPOSE:

The purpose of this bill is to require all candidates and committees,
pursuant to Article 14 of the Election Law, to file campaign-financial
disclosure statements with the New York State Board of Elections
(NYSBOE) by removing the $1,000 filing threshold.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one eliminates the one thousand dollar ($1,000) filing threshold
to require all candidates or their authorized committee to electron-
ically file with the NYSBOE. It also removes language requiring local

and County filers to file with County Boards of Elections.

 
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):

Not applicable.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Prior to 2006, only candidates running for Statewide, State Senate,
State Assembly and other State offices filed campaign financial disclo-
sure reports with the New York State Board of Elections. In 2006, a law
was passed to require local filers to file with the State Board of
Elections if they raised or spent (or expected to) $1,000.  The majority
of local campaigns meet the $1,000 threshold. County Board of Elections
have a minimal number of filers that still file paper at the local
level. This bill would take managing campaign finance compliance off of
the workload of County and City Boards of Elections.This bill would also
reduce confusion when it appears that a candidate or its authorized
committee may not have filed required disclosure reports.  By having one
centralized depository in which all reports must be filed, it provides a
convenience and increased transparency to the public when they look for
campaign financial disclosure reports.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017-18: S.5455-A (Hamilton) - Referred to Senate Elections Committee /
A.6732-A (Seawright) - Passed in Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

There is a cost savings to County Boards of Elections. The State Board
of Elections would have an off-set cost. Local candidates who currently
file a paper CF-05 claim of exemption form with the NYSBOE would now be
registering and filing with the NYSBOE. NYSBOE's intake and processing
unit already has interaction with these filers.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
December 15, 2019.

2019-S3903 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3903
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 21, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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  requiring  campaign
   finance information of certain candidates or committees to be filed on
   an electronic reporting system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 4 and 5 of section 14-102 of the election law,
 subdivision 4 as amended and subdivision 5 as added by  chapter  406  of
 the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   4.  Any  committee which is required to file statements with any board
 of elections pursuant to this article [and which  raises  or  spends  or
 expects to raise or spend more than one thousand dollars in any calendar
 year]  shall file all such statements pursuant to the electronic report-
 ing system prescribed by the state board of elections as  set  forth  in
 subdivision nine-A of section 3-102 of this chapter. Notwithstanding the
 provisions  of this subdivision, upon the filing of a sworn statement by
 the treasurer of a political committee which states that such  political
 committee  does  not  have  access to the technology necessary to comply
 with the electronic filing requirements of subdivision nine-A of section
 3-102 of this chapter and that filing by such means would  constitute  a
 substantial  hardship  for  such political committee, the state board of
 elections may issue an exemption from the electronic filing requirements
 of this article.
   [5. Any committee which is required to  file  statements  pursuant  to
 this  article with county boards of elections shall file in paper format
 to the county board of elections or in electronic format if the legisla-
 tive body of any county provides, by local  law,  an  electronic  filing
 system and shall file such statements by electronic reporting process to
 the state board of elections.]
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01919-01-9

 S. 3903                             2
 
   §  2.  Subdivisions  2  and  3  of section 14-104 of the election law,
 subdivision 2 as amended and subdivision 3 as added by  chapter  406  of
 the laws of 2005, are amended to read as follows:
   2.  Statements filed by any political committee authorized by a candi-
 date pursuant to this article which is required to file such  statements
 with  any  board  of elections [and which raises or spends or expects to
 raise or spend more than one thousand  dollars  in  any  calendar  year]
 shall  file  all  such  statements  pursuant to the electronic reporting
 system prescribed by the state board of elections as set forth in subdi-
 vision nine-A of section 3-102  of  this  chapter.  Notwithstanding  the
 provisions  of this subdivision, upon the filing of a sworn statement by
 the treasurer of a political committee authorized by a candidate  pursu-
 ant  to  this  article  which  states  that such committee does not have
 access to the technology necessary to comply with the electronic  filing
 requirements  of subdivision nine-A of section 3-102 of this chapter and
 that filing by such means would constitute a  substantial  hardship  for
 such committee, the state board of elections may issue an exemption from
 the electronic filing requirements of this article.
   [3.  Any  committee  which  is required to file statements pursuant to
 this article with county boards of elections shall file in paper  format
 to the county board of elections or in electronic format if the legisla-
 tive  body  of  any  county provides, by local law, an electronic filing
 system and shall file such statements by electronic reporting process to
 the state board of elections.]
   § 3. This act shall take effect December 15, 2019.

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