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A05740 Summary:

A05740 Actions:

A05740 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Cusick      
DATE:04/26/2017AYE/NAY:15/0  Action: Favorable         
Cusick
Aye
Norris
Aye
Galef
Aye
McKevitt
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Lupinacci
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Kavanagh
Aye
Abinanti
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Excused
Carroll
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A05740 Floor Votes:

A05740 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         5740--A
                                                                Cal. No. 226
 
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 14, 2017
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SEAWRIGHT, HARRIS, ORTIZ -- Multi-Sponsored by --
          M.  of A.  CARROLL, DE LA ROSA, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law -- advanced to a third  reading,  passed  by
          Assembly  and  delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote
          reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place  on
          the order of third reading
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to publishing certain
          candidate website information
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 4-123
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 4-123. Publication of candidate websites.   1. The  state  board  of
     4  elections  shall  publish  on  its  website the campaign website address
     5  designated by any candidate for governor, lieutenant governor,  attorney
     6  general, state comptroller, member of the state senate and member of the
     7  state  assembly  on  the  ballot at the next primary, special or general
     8  election, except as provided in subdivision two of  this  section.  Such
     9  candidate  may notify the state board of elections of his or her website
    10  address on such candidate's petition cover sheet or in a separate  writ-
    11  ing  signed  by  the  candidate.  Any  candidate  who does not provide a
    12  website address shall be listed as having not provided a website address
    13  for publication.
    14    2. The state board of elections shall not publish any website  address
    15  found  to be unrelated to a candidacy for public office.  Such denial to
    16  publish a website address shall be reviewed only in a special proceeding
    17  brought by the candidate pursuant to article seventy-eight of the  civil
    18  practice law and rules.
    19    3.  The state board of elections shall prominently display the follow-
    20  ing disclaimer with relation to the list of candidate website addresses:
    21  "The website addresses published here are designated by  the  candidate.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01179-03-7
        A. 5740--A                          2
 
     1  The  state  board  of  elections is not responsible for and expresses no
     2  opinion as to the content of candidate websites."
     3    §  2.  The  state  board  of elections shall, within six months of the
     4  effective date of this act, promulgate rules or regulations to implement
     5  the provisions of this act which shall include the time  of  publication
     6  and  the  format  for  publication  of the list of website addresses and
     7  objective criteria for making a determination  that  a  website  is  not
     8  related to a candidacy for public office.
     9    § 3. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
    10  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.