Assembly Bill A2742

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the the deadline for filing a certification required to be eligible for voluntary public financing or withdraw from the program

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A2742 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §14-203, El L

2025-A2742 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the candidate certification required to be eligible for voluntary public financing to be submitted no later than thirty days after the last day to file designating petitions if another candidate for the same position files a designating petition, or no later than thirty days after the last day to file independent nominating petitions, if a candidate files an independent nominating petition for the same position; provides for the withdrawal by a candidate from the public financing program.

2025-A2742 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2742
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the deadline for filing
   a certification required to be eligible for voluntary public financing
   or withdraw from the program

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subdivision 1 of  section  14-203  of  the
 election  law,  as  added  by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2020, is amended and a new subdivision 3 is  added  to  read  as
 follows:
   (d)  submit  a certification in the form of an affidavit, in such form
 as may be prescribed by the PCFB, that  sets  forth  [his  or  her]  THE
 CANDIDATE'S  acceptance  of  and  agreement to comply with the terms and
 conditions for the provision of such funds in each covered election  and
 such  certification  shall  be  submitted [at least four months before a
 primary election] NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE LAST DAY  TO  FILE
 DESIGNATING  PETITIONS, IF ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR THE SAME POSITION FILES
 A DESIGNATING PETITION, OR NO LATER THAN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE LAST  DAY
 TO  FILE INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITIONS, IF A CANDIDATE FILES AN INDE-
 PENDENT NOMINATING PETITION FOR THE SAME POSITION, and on the  last  day
 in  which  a  certification of nomination is filed in a special election
 pursuant to a schedule promulgated by the PCFB;
   3. WITHDRAWAL. A CANDIDATE  MAY  WITHDRAW  FROM  THE  PUBLIC  CAMPAIGN
 FINANCING PROGRAM AT ANY TIME PROVIDED THAT PRIOR TO THE WITHDRAWAL, ALL
 MONEY  RECEIVED FROM THE PROGRAM SHALL BE RETURNED TO THE PUBLIC FINANC-
 ING BOARD BY EITHER CERTIFIED CHECK OR WIRE TRANSFER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05483-01-5

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