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A111Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS3140

Publish Local Donation Limits

Official title

“Relates to publishing local campaign contribution limits”

Sponsor David BuchwaldAD-93+20 co-sponsorsAffects Public Safety & Consumer Affairs
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill requires local boards of elections to calculate and publish campaign contribution limits for local offices annually on their websites.

Why it matters

  1. Increases Transparency. By requiring local boards of elections to calculate and publish campaign contribution limits annually, voters and candidates gain easier access to up-to-date information, potentially reducing confusion or inadvertent violations.

  2. Improves Accountability. Mandating the publication of these limits on official websites and reporting them to the state board ensures that local boards are consistently held to a clear standard, making it easier to monitor compliance across all jurisdictions.

  3. Promotes Fairness in Local Elections. By standardizing the disclosure process for contribution limits at the local level, the bill helps ensure that all candidates—regardless of the size or resources of their municipality—are operating under transparent and readily accessible rules.

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Who cares

  • Local boards of elections

    They would have to calculate and publish contribution limits for county, town, city and village offices on that year’s ballot by April 15 and submit those limits to the State Board of Elections by the same deadline.

  • State Board of Elections

    It would receive the calculated local contribution limits in a format it requires.

  • Candidates for local office and their campaign staff

    They would gain an online source for the contribution limits applicable to their races.

  • Donors to local campaigns

    They could consult published limits to determine how much they may contribute.

Headline styles

Publish Local Donation Limits

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
David Buchwald

Assembly Member · Assembly District 93

History

  1. Signed chap.412
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 55–5
  5. 3rd reading cal.163
  6. Substituted for S3140
  7. Referred to elections
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Advanced to third reading cal.11
  11. Reported
  12. Referred to election law

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S3140Senate

Publish Local Donation Limits

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Zellnor Myrie

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

111

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)

January 9, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD, SANTABARBARA, D'URSO, ZEBROWSKI, PAULIN, NIOU, VANEL, WRIGHT, GALEF, SEAWRIGHT, BLAKE, MONTESANO, CROUCH, SIMON, RIVERA, GOTTFRIED, LAWRENCE, CAHILL, DAVILA, GLICK, FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, LUPARDO, B. MILLER, SCHIMMINGER, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to publishing local campaign contribution limits

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Section 14-114 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 11 to read as follows:

11. A board of elections, as defined in subdivision twenty-six of section 1-104 of this chapter, shall calculate and publish on its website, on or before the fifteenth day of April, all contribution limits established pursuant to this section for the county, town, city and village offices on the ballot in that year, and within the same time period provide such calculated contribution limits to the state board of elections in the format required by such board.

§ 2. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth of December next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD00938-01-9

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