Authorizes the public campaign finance board to accept an application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for governor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public matching funds.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9921
IN SENATE
April 16, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to authorize the public campaign finance board to accept an
application/certification form jointly signed by candidates for gover-
nor and lieutenant governor for eligibility to participate in public
matching funds
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the contra-
2 ry, the public campaign finance board shall accept for purposes of
3 determining eligibility for public matching funds for the 2026 election
4 cycle pursuant to title 2 of article 14 of the election law, a joint
5 certification form as required by 9 NYCRR 6221.26 (e) (2), which is
6 designated as PCF-22 type 1P application/certification form, which form
7 shall be signed by both the candidate for governor and lieutenant gover-
8 nor on the same form together with the notarization of such signatures
9 as it relates to any of the candidates for governor as listed in public
10 campaign finance board resolution 2026-07, which form shall be filed
11 with the public campaign finance board within seven days after the
12 effective date of this act.
13 § 2. 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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