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This bill limits candidates to authorizing only one committee per election per office and defines multi-candidate committees.
Why it matters
Prevents candidates from creating or using multiple fundraising committees for the same election and office. , which could help reduce opportunities for circumventing campaign finance limits or obscuring the sources and uses of campaign funds.
Clarifies and defines what counts as a “multi-candidate committee”. , distinguishing them from authorized candidate committees—this could help voters, regulators, and watchdogs better track the flow of money in state elections and hold entities accountable.
Specifically bars multi-candidate committees from being “authorized” by any candidate. , thus limiting the risk that candidates could indirectly control or benefit from pooled fundraising vehicles meant for broader party or group support.
May streamline oversight and improve transparency. in campaign finance reporting by ensuring each candidate is directly linked to only one official fundraising committee per race, making it easier for the public and authorities to understand campaign finances and investigate any irregularities.
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- Referred to election law
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STATE OF NEW YORK
610
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled)
January 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. L. ROSENTHAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to limiting a candidate to one authorized committee per election, per office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-a. "multi-candidate committee" means a political committee which has been in existence for at least six months, has received contributions of money from more than fifty persons, has made contributions of money to at least five candidates in New York state, makes only monetary contributions and is not an authorized committee for any candidate.
§ 2. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by section 8 of part A of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
§ 14-112. Political committee authorization statement. Any political committee aiding or taking part in the election or nomination of any candidate, other than [a political action committee] by making contributions, shall file, in the office in which the statements of such committee are to be filed pursuant to this article, either a sworn verified statement by the treasurer of such committee and the candidate that [the] such candidate has authorized the political committee to aid or take part in his or her election or a sworn verified statement by the treasurer of such committee that the candidate has not authorized the committee to aid or take part in his or her election. No candidate may authorize more than one committee for any one election. A multi-candidate committee may not be an authorized committee.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03392-01-9
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