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                                   6703
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend the election law and the state finance law, in relation
   to making technical corrections  regarding  the  public  financing  of
   elections;  and to repeal certain provisions of part ZZZ of chapter 58
   of the laws of 2020 amending the state finance law relating to  estab-
   lishing the New York state campaign finance fund, relating thereto
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 11, and  19  of  section  14-200-a  of  the
 election  law,  as  added  by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the
 laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   1. "authorized committee" means the single political committee  desig-
 nated  by  a candidate pursuant to [these recommendations] THIS TITLE to
 receive contributions and make expenditures in  support  of  the  candi-
 date's campaign for such election.
   11.  (a)  "matchable  contribution" means a contribution not less than
 five dollars and not  more  than  AN  AGGREGATE  OF  two  hundred  fifty
 dollars[, for a candidate for public office to be voted on by the voters
 of the entire state or for nomination to any such office, a contribution
 for  any  covered  elections  held in the same election cycle, made by a
 natural person who is a resident in the state of New York to  a  partic-
 ipating  candidate, and for a candidate for election to the state assem-
 bly or state senate or for nomination to any such office, a contribution
 for any covered elections held in the same election  cycle,  made  by  a
 natural  person  who  is also a resident of such state assembly or state
 senate district from which  such  candidate  is  seeking  nomination  or
 election,] PER UNIQUE CONTRIBUTOR, MADE TO A PARTICIPATING CANDIDATE FOR
 ANY  COVERED  ELECTION  HELD  IN  THE SAME ELECTION CYCLE, that has been
 reported in full to the PCFB in  accordance  with  sections  14-102  and
 14-104  of  this  article by the candidate's authorized committee [and],
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 has been contributed on or before the day  of  the  applicable  primary,
 general,  runoff,  or  special election, AND: (I) IS FOR A CANDIDATE FOR
 PUBLIC OFFICE TO BE VOTED ON BY THE VOTERS OF THE ENTIRE  STATE  OR  FOR
 NOMINATION TO ANY SUCH OFFICE, AND HAS BEEN MADE BY A NATURAL PERSON WHO
 IS  A  RESIDENT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; OR (II) IS FOR A CANDIDATE FOR
 ELECTION TO THE STATE ASSEMBLY OR STATE SENATE OR FOR NOMINATION TO  ANY
 SUCH  OFFICE,  AND HAS BEEN MADE BY A NATURAL PERSON WHO IS ALSO A RESI-
 DENT OF SUCH STATE ASSEMBLY OR STATE  SENATE  DISTRICT  FOR  WHICH  SUCH
 CANDIDATE  IS SEEKING NOMINATION OR ELECTION. Any contribution, contrib-
 utions, or a portion of a contribution  determined  to  be  invalid  for
 matching  funds  by  the PCFB may not be treated as a matchable contrib-
 ution for any purpose.
   (b) The following contributions are not matchable:
   (i) loans;
   (ii) in-kind contributions of property, goods, or services;
   (iii) contributions in the form of the purchase price paid for an item
 with significant intrinsic and enduring value;
   (iv) transfers from a party or constituted committee;
   (v) anonymous contributions;
   (vi) contributions whose source is not itemized as required by  [these
 recommendations] THIS TITLE;
   (vii) contributions gathered during a previous election cycle;
   (viii) illegal contributions;
   (ix) contributions from minors;
   (x)  contributions  from  vendors for campaigns hired by the candidate
 for such election cycle;
   (xi) contributions from lobbyists registered pursuant  to  subdivision
 (a) of section one-c of the legislative law; and
   (xii)  any  portion of a contribution when the aggregate contributions
 WITHIN THE ELECTION CYCLE are in excess of  two  hundred  fifty  dollars
 from  any one contributor to such participating candidate for nomination
 or election.
   19. "surplus" means those funds where the total sum  of  contributions
 received and public [matchable] MATCHING funds received by a participat-
 ing  candidate  and  [his  or  her] THE CANDIDATE'S authorized committee
 exceeds the total campaign expenditures of such candidate and authorized
 committee for all covered elections held in the same  calendar  year  or
 for a special election to fill a vacancy.
   §  2.  Subparagraphs (iii), (iv), and (v) of paragraph (i) of subdivi-
 sion 1 and subdivision 2 of section 14-203 of the election law, as added
 by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, are  amended
 to read as follows:
   (iii) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to require a candi-
 date  who  retains  funds  raised  during any previous election cycle to
 forfeit such funds. Funds raised during a previous election cycle may be
 retained and used by the candidate for the candidate's campaign  in  the
 next  election  cycle  but  funds  shall  not qualify for satisfying the
 threshold for participating  in  the  public  campaign  finance  program
 established in this title nor shall they be eligible to be matched. [The
 PCFB  shall  adopt  regulations  to ensure that contributions that would
 satisfy the applicable contribution  limits  authorized  in  this  title
 shall  be  transferred  into  the  appropriate  campaign  account.] ONLY
 CONTRIBUTIONS THAT WOULD  SATISFY  THE  APPLICABLE  CONTRIBUTION  LIMITS
 AUTHORIZED  BY  THIS  TITLE  SHALL  BE  TRANSFERRED INTO THE APPROPRIATE
 CAMPAIGN ACCOUNT. THE PCFB SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS TO ENSURE  COMPLIANCE
 WITH THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
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   (iv)  Contributions received and expenditures made by the candidate or
 an authorized committee of the candidate prior to the effective date  of
 this  title  shall  not constitute a violation of this title. Unexpended
 contributions shall be treated the same as  [campaign  surpluses]  FUNDS
 RAISED DURING A PREVIOUS ELECTION CYCLE under subparagraph (iii) of this
 paragraph.  Nothing  in this recommendation shall be construed to limit,
 in any way, any candidate or public official from expending any  portion
 of  pre-existing  campaign funds for any lawful purpose other than those
 related to [his or her] THE CANDIDATE'S OR PUBLIC OFFICIAL'S campaign.
   (v) A candidate who has raised matchable  contributions  but,  in  the
 case  of  a covered primary, general or special election, is not opposed
 by another candidate on the ballot who is not a write-in  candidate,  or
 who  chooses  not  to accept [matchable] MATCHING funds, may retain such
 contributions and apply them in accord with this  title  to  the  candi-
 date's next campaign, should there be one, in the next election cycle.
   2.  Threshold  for  eligibility. (a) The threshold for eligibility for
 public funding for participating candidates shall be in the case of:
   (i) governor, not less than five hundred thousand dollars in  contrib-
 utions  [including  at least five thousand matchable contributions shall
 be counted toward this qualifying threshold] FROM RESIDENTS OF THE STATE
 OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AT LEAST FIVE  THOU-
 SAND UNIQUE CONTRIBUTORS;
   (ii)  lieutenant  governor, attorney general and comptroller, not less
 than one hundred thousand dollars in contributions [including  at  least
 one thousand matchable contributions shall be counted toward this quali-
 fying  threshold]  FROM  RESIDENTS  OF  THE STATE OF NEW YORK, INCLUDING
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND UNIQUE CONTRIBUTORS;
   (iii) state senator, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c)  of
 this subdivision, not less than twelve thousand dollars in contributions
 [including  at  least one hundred fifty matchable contributions shall be
 counted toward this qualifying threshold] FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT
 IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE  FILLED,  INCLUDING  MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS
 FROM AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY UNIQUE CONTRIBUTORS; and
   (iv) member of the assembly, except as otherwise provided in paragraph
 (c)  of this subdivision, not less than six thousand dollars in contrib-
 utions [including at least seventy-five matchable contributions shall be
 counted toward this qualifying threshold] FROM RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT
 IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE  FILLED,  INCLUDING  MATCHABLE  CONTRIBUTIONS
 FROM AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTORS.
   (b)  However, solely for purposes of achieving the monetary thresholds
 in paragraph (a) of  this  subdivision,  the  first  two  hundred  fifty
 dollars  of any contribution of more than two hundred fifty dollars to a
 candidate or a candidate's committee which would otherwise be  matchable
 except  that  it  comes from a contributor who has contributed more than
 two hundred fifty dollars to such candidate or candidate's committee, is
 deemed to be a matchable contribution and shall count toward  satisfying
 such  monetary threshold but shall not otherwise be considered a matcha-
 ble contribution.
   (c) With respect to the minimum  dollar  threshold  for  participating
 candidates  for state senate and state assembly, in such districts where
 [average median income ("AMI") is below the AMI  as  determined  by  the
 United  States  Census Bureau three years before such election for which
 public funds are sought] THE AVERAGE OF THE DISTRICT'S MEDIAN INCOME  AS
 DETERMINED  BY  THE BUREAU OF THE CENSUS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
 OF COMMERCE FOR THE THREE YEARS PRIOR TO  SUCH  ELECTION  IS  BELOW  THE
 MEDIAN  INCOME  FOR  THE  STATE ACCORDING TO THE MOST RECENT CENSUS DATA
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 AVAILABLE, such  minimum  dollar  threshold  for  eligibility  shall  be
 reduced  by  one-third.  The  PCFB shall make public which districts are
 subject to such reduction no later  than  two  years  before  the  first
 primary election for which funding is sought.
   (d)  Any participating candidate meeting the threshold for eligibility
 in a primary  election  for  one  of  the  foregoing  offices  shall  be
 [applied]  DEEMED  to  satisfy  the  threshold  for eligibility for such
 office in any other subsequent election held in the same calendar  year.
 Any  participating  candidate who is nominated in a primary election and
 has participated in the public  financing  program  set  forth  in  this
 title[,  must] SHALL ALSO participate IN THE PUBLIC FINANCING PROGRAM in
 the general election for such office.
   § 3. Subdivisions 2 and 4 of section 14-205 of the  election  law,  as
 added  by  section  4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, are
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Calculation of payment. (a) In any election for a public office  to
 be  voted  on by the voters of the entire state or for nomination to any
 such office, if the threshold for eligibility is met, the  participating
 candidate's  authorized  committee  shall  receive payment for qualified
 campaign expenditures of six dollars of public matching funds  for  each
 one dollar of matchable contributions, obtained and reported to the PCFB
 in  accordance with the provisions of this title. The maximum payment of
 public matching funds shall be limited  to  the  amounts  set  forth  in
 [this] section 14-204 OF THIS TITLE for the covered election.
   (b)  In  any  election for state senate or state assembly or for nomi-
 nation to any such office, if the threshold for eligibility is met,  the
 participating candidate's authorized committee shall receive payment for
 qualified  campaign expenditures for matchable contributions of eligible
 private funds per contributor, obtained, and reported to the PCFB  here-
 in,  of:  twelve  dollars of public matching funds for each of the first
 fifty dollars of matchable contributions; nine dollars of public  match-
 ing  funds  for each of the next one hundred dollars of public matchable
 contributions; and eight dollars for [the] each of the next one  hundred
 dollars of public matchable contributions. The maximum payment of public
 matching funds shall be limited to the amounts set forth in this section
 for the covered election.
   4.  Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the
 amount of public funds payable  to  a  participating  candidate  on  the
 ballot in any covered election shall not exceed one-quarter of the maxi-
 mum  public  funds  payment  otherwise  applicable [and no participating
 candidate shall be eligible to receive a disbursement  of  public  funds
 prior  to two weeks after the last day to file designating petitions for
 a primary election] unless the participating candidate is opposed  by  a
 competitive  candidate.  The PCFB shall, by regulation, set forth objec-
 tive standards to determine whether a candidate is competitive  and  the
 procedures for qualifying for the payment of public funds.
   §  4.  Subdivisions  1 and 2 of section 14-207 of the election law, as
 added by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws  of  2020,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  There  shall  be  a public campaign finance board within the state
 board of elections that shall be comprised of the following  commission-
 ers:  the  four  state  board of elections commissioners and three addi-
 tional commissioners, one jointly appointed by the  legislative  leaders
 of  one  major  political  party  in  each house of the legislature, one
 jointly appointed by the legislative leaders of the  other  major  poli-
 tical  party  in each house of the legislature, and one of whom shall be
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 appointed by the governor. Each commissioner must be a  New  York  state
 resident  and  registered voter, and may not currently be, or within the
 previous five years have been, an officer of a political party or  poli-
 tical  committee  as defined in the election law, or a registered lobby-
 ist. The chair of the PCFB shall be designated by the  PCFB  from  among
 the three additional commissioners. Each of the three additional commis-
 sioners shall receive a per diem of three hundred fifty dollars for work
 actually performed not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars in any one
 calendar  year. They shall be considered public officers for purposes of
 sections seventy-three-a and seventy-four of the  public  officers  law.
 The  three  commissioners  so  appointed pursuant to this recommendation
 will be appointed for a term of five years to commence  on  July  first,
 two  thousand twenty and may be removed by [his or her] THEIR appointing
 authority solely for substantial neglect of duty,  gross  misconduct  in
 office,  OR  inability to discharge the power or duties of office, after
 written notice and opportunity to be heard. During the [period of his or
 her] term as a commissioner appointed hereunder, each such  commissioner
 is  barred  from  making, or soliciting from other persons, any contrib-
 utions to candidates for election to the offices of governor, lieutenant
 governor, attorney general, comptroller,  member  of  the  assembly,  or
 state  senator. Any vacancy occurring on the PCFB shall be filled within
 thirty days of its occurrence in the same manner  as  the  member  whose
 vacancy  is  being  filled  was  appointed. A person appointed to fill a
 vacancy occurring other than by expiration of a term of office shall  be
 appointed  for  the unexpired term of the member [he or she] SUCH PERSON
 succeeds. Four members of the PCFB shall constitute a  quorum,  and  the
 PCFB shall have the power to act by majority vote of the total number of
 members of the commission without vacancy. All members of the PCFB shall
 be  appointed  no  later than the first day of July, two thousand twenty
 and the PCFB shall promulgate such regulations as are  needed  no  later
 than the first day of July, two thousand twenty-one.
   2.  The  PCFB  and state board of elections may utilize existing state
 board of elections staff and hire such other staff as are  necessary  to
 carry  out its duties. It may expand its staffing, as needed, to provide
 additional candidate liaisons to assist candidates in complying with the
 terms of this public campaign finance system as provided for  in  [these
 recommendations]  THIS  TITLE, as well as auditors, trainers, attorneys,
 technical staff and other such staff as the PCFB determines is necessary
 to administer this system. Annually, on or before  the  first  of  every
 year,  the  PCFB  shall  submit  to the governor and the division of the
 budget a request for appropriations for the next state  fiscal  year  to
 fully  support the administration of the public campaign finance program
 established in this title.
   § 5. Paragraph (a) of subdivision  2  and  subdivision  3  of  section
 14-208 of the election law, as added by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter
 58 of the laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
   (a)  If  the PCFB determines that any portion of the payment made to a
 candidate's authorized committee from the fund  was  in  excess  of  the
 aggregate amount of payments that such candidate was eligible to receive
 pursuant  to this title, it shall notify such committee and such commit-
 tee shall pay to the PCFB an  amount  equal  to  the  amount  of  excess
 payments.  Such  committee  shall first utilize [the surplus] ANY EXCESS
 PAYMENTS OF THE PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS for repayment  of  such  sums  and
 then  such  other  funds  as it may have. Provided, however, that if the
 erroneous payment was the result of an error by the PCFB, then the erro-
 neous payment will be deducted from any future payment, if any,  and  if
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 no  future  payment  is  to  be  made then neither the candidate nor the
 committee shall be liable to repay the excess amount to  the  PCFB.  The
 candidate  and  the  candidate's  authorized  committee  are jointly and
 severally liable for any repayments to the PCFB.
   3.  Rules  and  regulations. (a) The PCFB shall promulgate regulations
 for the certification of the amount of funds payable by the  comptroller
 from  the fund established pursuant to section ninety-two-t of the state
 finance law, to a participating candidate that has qualified to  receive
 such  payment.  These  regulations  shall  include  the promulgation and
 distribution of forms on which contributions and expenditures are to  be
 reported,  the  periods during which such reports must be filed, and the
 verification required. The PCFB shall institute  procedures  which  will
 make  possible  payment  by  the  fund  within [four business days after
 receipt of  the  required  forms  and  verifications]  THE  TIME  LIMITS
 PROVIDED IN SECTION 14-205 OF THIS TITLE.
   (b)  All rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this [recommen-
 dation] TITLE shall be promulgated pursuant to the state  administrative
 procedure  act.  The  PCFB's determinations pursuant to such regulations
 and [these recommendations] THIS TITLE shall be deemed final.
   § 6. Subdivision 1 of section 14-209 of the election law, as added  by
 section  4  of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to
 read as follows:
   1. Civil penalties. Violations  of  any  provisions  regarding  public
 campaign financing stated in this title or regulation promulgated pursu-
 ant  to  this title shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not
 in excess of fifteen thousand dollars and such other lesser fines as the
 PCFB may promulgate in regulation.   SUCH REGULATIONS  SHALL  INCLUDE  A
 SCHEDULE OF FINES FOR ALLEGED FAILURES TO FILE, LATE REPORTS AND NOTICED
 DEFICIENCIES,  INCLUDING  FINES  THAT  THE  PCFB  MAY ASSESS DIRECTLY ON
 VIOLATORS. Candidates  may  contest  alleged  [failures  to  file,  late
 reports  and  reports  with noticed deficiencies and have an opportunity
 to] INFRACTIONS AND MAY be heard by the PCFB IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVI-
 SION TWO OF THIS  SECTION.  [The  PCFB  shall  promulgate  a  regulation
 setting  forth  a schedule of fines for such infractions including those
 that it may assess directly on violators.] The  PCFB  shall  investigate
 referrals and complaints. After investigation, it may recommend dismiss-
 al,  settlement,  civil action, or referral to law enforcement. The PCFB
 may assess penalties and it is authorized to commence a civil action  in
 court to enforce all penalties and recover money due.
   § 7. Section 14-212 of the election law, as added by section 4 of part
 ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   § 14-212. Severability.  1. IF ANY CLAUSE, SENTENCE, PARAGRAPH, SUBDI-
 VISION, SECTION OR PART OF THIS ARTICLE SHALL BE DETERMINED BY ANY COURT
 OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION TO BE INVALID, SUCH JUDGMENT SHALL NOT AFFECT,
 IMPAIR OR INVALIDATE THE REMAINDER THEREOF, BUT SHALL BE CONFINED IN ITS
 OPERATION TO THE PARTICULAR CLAUSE,  SENTENCE,  PARAGRAPH,  SUBDIVISION,
 SECTION OR PART THEREOF DIRECTLY FOUND INVALID IN THE JUDGMENT RENDERED.
 IT  IS  HEREBY  DECLARED  TO  BE THE INTENT OF THE LEGISLATURE THAT THIS
 ARTICLE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENACTED EVEN IF SUCH INVALID PROVISIONS HAD  NOT
 BEEN INCLUDED HEREIN.
   2.  If  any  clause,  sentence,  or  other portion of paragraph (c) of
 subdivision two of section 14-203 of this title be adjudged by any court
 of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, then  subparagraphs  (iii)  and
 (iv) of paragraph (a) of subdivision two of section 14-203 of this title
 shall read as follows:
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   (iii)  state senator, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c) of
 this subdivision, not less  than  ten  thousand  dollars  in  [matchable
 contributions  including  at  least  one  hundred  and  fifty  matchable
 contributions in an amount greater than five dollars and no greater than
 the limits in this chapter, of which the first two hundred fifty dollars
 shall  be  counted  toward this qualifying threshold] CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
 RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE  FILLED,  INCLUDING
 MATCHABLE CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED FIFTY UNIQUE CONTRIBU-
 TORS; and
   (iv) member of the assembly, except as otherwise provided in paragraph
 (c) of this subdivision, not less than five thousand dollars in [matcha-
 ble]  contributions  [including at least seventy-five matchable contrib-
 utions in an amount greater than five dollars and no  greater  than  the
 limits  in  this  chapter,  of which the first two hundred fifty dollars
 shall be counted toward this qualifying threshold] FROM RESIDENTS OF THE
 DISTRICT IN WHICH THE SEAT IS TO BE FILLED, INCLUDING MATCHABLE CONTRIB-
 UTIONS FROM AT LEAST SEVENTY-FIVE UNIQUE CONTRIBUTORS.
   § 8. Subdivision 6 of section 92-t of the state finance law, as  added
 by  section  5 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended
 to read as follows:
   6. No public funds shall be paid to any participating candidates in  a
 primary  election  any  earlier  than  [thirty  days  after  designating
 petitions or certificates of nomination have  been  filed]  ONE  HUNDRED
 TWENTY  DAYS  BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION and not later than thirty days
 after such primary election.
   § 9. Paragraphs a, b and c of subdivision 1 of section 14-114  of  the
 election  law,  as  amended  by  chapter  105  of  the laws of 2023, are
 amended to read as follows:
   a. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office,  no  contributor
 may  make  a  contribution  to any candidate or political committee, NOT
 participating in the state's public campaign financing  system  pursuant
 to  title two of this article and no such candidate or political commit-
 tee may accept any contribution from any contributor, which  is  in  the
 aggregate  amount greater than eighteen thousand dollars divided equally
 among the primary and general election in an  election  cycle;  provided
 however,  that  the  maximum  amount  which  may  be  so  contributed or
 accepted, in the aggregate, from any candidate's child,  parent,  grand-
 parent,  [brother  and  sister]  SIBLING,  and  the  spouse  of any such
 persons, shall not exceed in the case of any nomination to public office
 an amount equivalent to the product of the number of enrolled voters  in
 the candidate's party in the state, excluding voters in inactive status,
 multiplied  by  $.025,  and  in  the  case  of any election for a public
 office, an amount equivalent to the product of the number of  registered
 voters  in  the state excluding voters in inactive status, multiplied by
 $.025.
   b. In any nomination or election of a candidate NOT  participating  in
 the  state's  public  campaign financing system pursuant to title two of
 this article, no such candidate or political committee  may  accept  any
 contribution  from  any  contributor,  which  is in the aggregate amount
 greater than: (i) in the case of a  nomination  or  election  for  state
 senator,  ten  thousand  dollars,  divided equally among the primary and
 general election in an election cycle; and (ii) in the case of  a  nomi-
 nation  or  election  for  member of the assembly, six thousand dollars,
 divided equally among the primary and general election  in  an  election
 cycle;  provided  however,  that  the  maximum  amount  which  may be so
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 contributed or accepted, in the aggregate, from such candidate's  child,
 parent, grandparent, [brother and sister] SIBLING, and the spouse of any
 such  persons,  shall not exceed in the case of any nomination for state
 senator  or member of the assembly an amount equivalent to the number of
 enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the district in which [he or
 she] SUCH PERSON is a candidate, excluding voters  in  inactive  status,
 multiplied  by $.25 and in the case of any election for state senator or
 member of the assembly, an amount equivalent to the number of registered
 voters in the district, excluding voters in inactive status,  multiplied
 by $.25; provided, however, in the case of a nomination or election of a
 state  senator, twenty thousand dollars, whichever is greater, or in the
 case of a nomination or election of a  member  of  the  assembly  twelve
 thousand  five  hundred  dollars,  whichever is greater, but in no event
 shall any such maximum exceed one hundred thousand dollars.
   c. In any election for a public office to be voted on by the voters of
 the entire state, or for nomination to any such office,  no  contributor
 may  make  a  contribution  to  any  candidate or political committee in
 connection with a candidate who is  not  a  participating  candidate  as
 defined in subdivision fourteen of section 14-200-a of this article, and
 no  such  candidate  or  political committee may accept any contribution
 from any contributor, which is in  the  aggregate  amount  greater  than
 eighteen thousand dollars, divided equally among the primary and general
 election  in  an  election  cycle[;  provided  however, that the maximum
 amount which may be so contributed or accepted, in the  aggregate,  from
 any  candidate's child, parent, grandparent, brother and sister, and the
 spouse of any such persons, shall not exceed in the case  of  any  nomi-
 nation  to  public  office  an  amount  equivalent to the product of the
 number of enrolled voters in the candidate's party in the state, exclud-
 ing voters in inactive status, multiplied by $.025, and in the  case  of
 any election for a public office, an amount equivalent to the product of
 the  number of registered voters in the state, excluding voters in inac-
 tive status, multiplied by $.025].
   § 10. Section 11 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020  amend-
 ing  the  state  finance law relating to establishing the New York state
 campaign finance fund, is REPEALED.
   § 11. This act shall take effect immediately.