What's happening
This bill allows compliance unit notices about campaign finance deficiencies to be sent by first class mail with an affidavit instead of certified mail.
Why it matters
Reduces administrative costs and burdens. By allowing first class mail with an affidavit instead of certified mail for deficiency notices, the Board of Elections can save time and money, potentially making the compliance process more efficient.
May speed up communication. First class mail typically reaches recipients faster than certified mail, which could help campaign committees and treasurers address and resolve campaign finance deficiencies more quickly.
Slightly lowers the documentation threshold. Replacing certified mail (which provides automatic proof of delivery) with first class mail plus an affidavit shifts the burden of proof from postal records to internal affidavits, which could affect how disputes about notice delivery are resolved.
Could impact legal challenges. The change in mailing method may open the door to more disputes or challenges about whether a deficiency notice was actually received, as affidavits provide a different type of evidence compared to certified mail receipts.
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Headline styles
Mail Compliance Notices Faster
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
Assembly Member · Assembly District 44
6 Co-sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S6450
- Advanced to third reading cal.188
- Reported
- Reported referred to codes
- 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.
Allow First Class Notices
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Leroy Comrie
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
3360
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 29, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. CARROLL, ORTIZ, D'URSO, SEAWRIGHT, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to first class mailing of compliance unit notices
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-104-a of the election law, as added by section 5 of subpart B of part H of chapter 55 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
1. There shall be a compliance unit within the board of elections. The compliance unit shall examine campaign finance statements required to be filed pursuant to article fourteen of this chapter. If such statements are found to be deficient, the compliance unit shall notify the person required to file such statement of such deficiency. Such notice shall be in writing and mailed to the last known residence or business address of such person by certified mail, return receipt requested, or mailed to such address by first class mail if an affidavit attesting to such mailing is created to evidence such mailing. If the person required to file such statement is a treasurer who has stated that the committee has been authorized by one or more candidates, a copy of such notice shall be sent to each candidate by first class mail.
§ 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.
LBD01994-01-9
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