New York A 1637: Limits a candidate to one authorized committee per election; defines "multi-candidate committee"; provides that such a committee may not be an authorized committee

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A01637 Summary:

BILL NOA01637 

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SPONSORRosenthal

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Amd §§14-100 & 14-112, El L

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Limits a candidate for public office to one authorized committee per election; defines the term "multi-candidate committee" and provides that such a committee may not be authorized by a candidate.

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BILL NOA01637 

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01/10/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1637

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. 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 Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 14-100 of the election law is amended by adding a
 2 new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
 3 1-a. "multi-candidate committee" means a political committee which has
 4 been in existence for at least six months, has received contributions of
 5 money from more than fifty persons, has made contributions of money to
 6 at least five candidates in New York state, makes only monetary contrib-
 7 utions and is not an authorized committee for any candidate.
 8 § 2. Section 14-112 of the election law, as amended by section 8 of
 9 part A of chapter 286 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as
 10 follows:
 11 § 14-112. Political committee authorization statement. Any political
 12 committee aiding or taking part in the election or nomination of any
 13 candidate, other than [a political action committee] by making contrib-
 14 utions, shall file, in the office in which the statements of such
 15 committee are to be filed pursuant to this article, either a sworn veri-
 16 fied statement by the treasurer of such committee and the candidate that
 17 [the] such candidate has authorized the political committee to aid or
 18 take part in [his] such candidate's election or a sworn verified state-
 19 ment by the treasurer of such committee that the candidate has not
 20 authorized the committee to aid or take part in [his] such candidate's
 21 election. No candidate may authorize more than one committee for any
 22 one election. A multi-candidate committee may not be an authorized
 23 committee.
 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04252-01-5

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