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A00111 Summary:

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A00111 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Lavine      
DATE:01/28/2019AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable         
Lavine
Aye
Norris
Aye
Galef
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Tague
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Excused
Walker
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Jacobson
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

A00111 Floor Votes:

A00111 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A111
 
SPONSOR: Buchwald (MS)

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the election law, in relation to publishing local
campaign contribution limits
 
 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
 
To increase transparency and awareness regarding local campaign contrib-
ution limits
 
 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
 
This bill amends section 14-114 of the Election Law to provide for local
boards of election to calculate and publish on their websites by April
15th, the contribution limits for all county, town, city, and village
offices on the ballot in that year.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Because contribution limits are calculated based upon the total number
of registered votes in a political subdivision, limits can change from
year to year. There is currently no requirement that boards of elections
publish such information, although some county boards of elections,
including Westchester's, deserve credit for voluntarily doing so. This
bill would increase transparency and educate candidates, contributors,
as well as voters, fostering compliance with campaign finance rules.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
2018: A.9922 - Passed Assembly 140 to 0
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None
 
 
EFFECTS ON FINES, TERMS OF IMPRISONMENT AND OTHER PENAL SANCTIONS:
 
None
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the fifteenth day of December after it
shall become law.

A00111 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           111
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                       (Prefiled)
 
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BUCHWALD,  SANTABARBARA,  D'URSO, ZEBROWSKI,
          PAULIN, NIOU,  VANEL,  WRIGHT,  GALEF,  SEAWRIGHT,  BLAKE,  MONTESANO,
          CROUCH,  SIMON,  RIVERA,  GOTTFRIED,  LAWRENCE, CAHILL, DAVILA, GLICK,
          FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.  of  A.  COOK,  LUPARDO,  B. MILLER,
          SCHIMMINGER,  THIELE  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on
          Election Law
 
        AN ACT to amend the  election  law,  in  relation  to  publishing  local
          campaign contribution limits
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 14-114 of the election law is amended by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 11 to read as follows:
     3    11.  A  board  of  elections,  as defined in subdivision twenty-six of
     4  section 1-104 of this  chapter,  shall  calculate  and  publish  on  its
     5  website,  on  or  before  the  fifteenth  day of April, all contribution
     6  limits established pursuant to this section for the county,  town,  city
     7  and village offices on the ballot in that year, and within the same time
     8  period provide such calculated contribution limits to the state board of
     9  elections in the format required by such board.
    10    §  2.  This  act  shall  take effect on the fifteenth of December next
    11  succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00938-01-9

A00111 LFIN:

 
NO LFIN

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