STATE OF NEW YORK
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11667
IN ASSEMBLY
September 2, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dinowitz) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the timing for payment
of public campaign matching funds for a general election
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 14-205 of the
2 election law, as added by section 6 of part OO of chapter 55 of the laws
3 of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
4 (b) The PCFB shall schedule payment dates as follows: for the primary
5 election period, one payment no later than one week after the deadline
6 to accept or decline designations for the primary election, and at least
7 four payments prior to the primary date; for the general election peri-
8 od, one payment no earlier then July ninth and no later than July
9 [first] eleventh, at least one additional payment in July, at least one
10 payment in August, at least two payments in September, at least two
11 payments in October, at least one payment in November, and at least one
12 payment in December; and for any other covered election, a minimum of
13 three payment days within the thirty days prior to such covered
14 election. If any of such payments, except the first payment for the
15 general election, would require payment on a weekend or federal holiday,
16 payment shall be made on the next business day. A certification pursuant
17 to paragraph (d) of subdivision one of section 14-203 of this title
18 shall be required to have been filed with the PCFB no later than fifteen
19 business days prior to the payment date on which a participating candi-
20 date is eligible to receive public funds pursuant to this subdivision.
21 For purposes of such payment dates, the PCFB shall provide each candi-
22 date with a written determination specifying the basis for any non-pay-
23 ment and a report of all contributions accepted and matched with public
24 funds.
25 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16218-02-6
