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History
- Print number 2857a
- Amend and recommit to elections
- Referred to elections
- Referred to elections
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Prohibits candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election
In Assembly Committee · Election Law · Sponsor Brian Kavanagh
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Title of bill
An act to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting candidates from authorizing more than one political committee for any one election
Purpose
This bill is designed to increase the transparency of candidate fundraising and expenditures by limiting to one the number of authorized committees a candidate may have.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Amends Election Law section 14-112 subdivision 1 to require that political committees supporting the election of a candidate must file a sworn, verified statement by the committee treasurer and the candidate stating that the candidate has authorized the committee to support his or her election, or a sworn, verified statement by the committee treasurer that the candidate has not authorized the committee to support his election. It further amends subdivision 2 to prohibit a candidate from authorizing more than one committee for any election, and requires that if a candidate has more than one authorized committee on December 1, 2012, within thirty days the candidate must disavow all but one such committee in writing to the state board of elections.
Section 2: Provides that the Act takes effect sixty days after it becomes a law.
Existing law
Under the existing law, a candidate is not subject to any limit on the number of committees he or she may have, and the treasurer of the committee is only required to file a sworn, verified statement that the candidate has authorized the political committee, or has not.
Justification
The current law encourages a candidate to have a multiplicity of committees and makes it easier to conceal the money raised and spent.
Legislative history
2013-2014: S.2536 - Referred to Senate Elections Committee. 2015 - S.2857 - Referred to Elections
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This bill shall take effect on the sixtieth day after becoming a law, with provisions.
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