Limits a candidate for public office to one authorized committee per election; defines the term "multi-candidate committee" and provides that such a committee may not be authorized by a candidate.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2981
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. CHRISTENSEN, PHEFFER, GALEF, JAFFEE -- Multi-
Sponsored by -- M. of A. DINOWITZ, JOHN, MAGEE, MORELLE -- read once
and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to limiting a candidate to
one authorized committee per election, per office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
3 1-a. "multi-candidate committee" means a political committee which has
4 been in existence for at least six months, has received contributions of
5 money from more than fifty persons, has made contributions of money to
6 at least five candidates in New York state, makes only monetary contrib-
7 utions and is not an authorized committee for any candidate.
8 § 2. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by chapter 930 of
9 the laws of 1981, is amended to read as follows:
10 § 14-112. Political committee authorization statement. Any political
11 committee aiding or taking part in the election or nomination of any
12 candidate, other than by making contributions, shall file, in the office
13 in which the statements of such committee are to be filed pursuant to
14 this article, either a sworn verified statement by the treasurer of such
15 committee and the candidate that [the] such candidate has authorized the
16 political committee to aid or take part in his or her election or a
17 sworn verified statement by the treasurer of such committee that the
18 candidate has not authorized the committee to aid or take part in his or
19 her election. No candidate may authorize more than one committee for any
20 one election. A multi-candidate committee may not be an authorized
21 committee.
22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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