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- Enacting clause stricken
- Referred to election law
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Allows the board to set standards for the change of mailing address and requires a candidate to provide the board with depository information
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Joseph P. Addabbo Jr.
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BILL NUMBER:A10391
Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to the ability of the state board of elections to administratively set stand- ards for the change of mailing address and requiring a candidate to provide such board with depository information
Purpose
The bill allows the boards of elections to determine how chang- es to mailing addresses of political committee financial statements should be made to promote administrative efficiency. Also, the bill requires candidates who are required to file campaign financial activity disclosure reports, to provide the name and address of the depository where they maintain the accounts from which they conduct their campaign financial activity.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends Election Law section 14-118, subdivision 1 to provide that any change to the mailing address on a political committee financial statement filed with the state board of elections may be made in any manner the state board deems acceptable.
Section 2 of the bill amends Election Law section 14-118, subdivision 3 to provide that candidates who are required to file statements of campaign receipts and expenditures by or on behalf of a candidate must also file, in the office where those statements are required to be filed, a statement of the name and address of the depository where they maintain the account(s) from which they conduct their own campaign financial activity.
Section 3 of the bill sets forth the effective date.
Justification
The current law requires changes in registration docu- ments to be made in the same manner that the initial document was filed, namely with a subsequent original document.
The State Board of Elections believes that allowing changes of address to be made by other methods (e.g. by telephone, email, or fax) would be reliable and would ease the process for committee treasurers and the Board. This would also enable the Board to maintain current contact information, and reduce the amount of returned mail, thereby signif- icantly reducing the administrative time and expense necessary to proc- ess and correct returned mail.
Committees that file financial activity disclosure reports must maintain a bank account, and disclose to the boards of elections the name and address of the bank, but this is not required of candidates who are required to file financial activity disclosure reports.
Requiring candidates to provide the name and address of the bank used for campaign financial activity would make the law consistent in the treatment of campaign financial activity accounts.
This legislation was requested by the State Board of Elections in its 2010 Election Law Proposals (SBE 10-07).
Legislative history
New bill in the Assembly; same as S6910 (Addabbo).
Fiscal impact on the state
None to the State. Some cost savings are anticipated.
Effective date
This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it becomes law.
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