New York A 6703: Makes technical corrections regarding the public financing of elections; repealer

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A06703 Summary:

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Amd §§14-200-a, 14-203, 14-205, 14-207, 14-208, 14-209, 14-212 & 14-114, El L; amd §92-t, St Fin L; rpld Part
ZZZ §11, Chap 58 of 2020

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Makes technical corrections regarding the public financing of elections; repeals certain provisions relating to establishing the New York state campaign finance fund.

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BILL NOA06703 

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03/07/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6703

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 7, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Election Law

 AN ACT to amend the election law and the state finance law, in relation
 to making technical corrections regarding the public financing of
 elections; and to repeal certain provisions of part ZZZ of chapter 58
 of the laws of 2020 amending the state finance law relating to estab-
 lishing the New York state campaign finance fund, relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1, 11, and 19 of section 14-200-a of the
 2 election law, as added by section 4 of part ZZZ of chapter 58 of the
 3 laws of 2020, are amended to read as follows:
 4 1. "authorized committee" means the single political committee desig-
 5 nated by a candidate pursuant to [these recommendations] this title to
 6 receive contributions and make expenditures in support of the candi-
 7 date's campaign for such election.
 8 11. (a) "matchable contribution" means a contribution not less than
 9 five dollars and not more than an aggregate of two hundred fifty
 10 dollars[, for a candidate for public office to be voted on by the voters
 11 of the entire state or for nomination to any such office, a contribution
 12 for any covered elections held in the same election cycle, made by a
 13 natural person who is a resident in the state of New York to a partic-
 14 ipating candidate, and for a candidate for election to the state assem-
 15 bly or state senate or for nomination to any such office, a contribution
 16 for any covered elections held in the same election cycle, made by a
 17 natural person who is also a resident of such state assembly or state
 18 senate district from which such candidate is seeking nomination or
 19 election,] per unique contributor, made to a participating candidate for
 20 any covered election held in the same election cycle, that has been
 21 reported in full to the PCFB in accordance with sections 14-102 and
 22 14-104 of this article by the candidate's authorized committee [and],

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06831-01-5

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 1 has been contributed on or before the day of the applicable primary,
 2 general, runoff, or special election, and: (i) is for a candidate for
 3 public office to be voted on by the voters of the entire state or for
 4 nomination to any such office, and has been made by a natural person who
 5 is a resident in the state of New York; or (ii) is for a candidate for
 6 election to the state assembly or state senate or for nomination to any
 7 such office, and has been made by a natural person who is also a resi-
 8 dent of such state assembly or state senate district for which such
 9 candidate is seeking nomination or election. Any contribution, contrib-
 10 utions, or a portion of a contribution determined to be invalid for
 11 matching funds by the PCFB may not be treated as a matchable contrib-
 12 ution for any purpose.
 13 (b) The following contributions are not matchable:
 14 (i) loans;
 15 (ii) in-kind contributions of property, goods, or services;
 16 (iii) contributions in the form of the purchase price paid for an item
 17 with significant intrinsic and enduring value;
 18 (iv) transfers from a party or constituted committee;
 19 (v) anonymous contributions;
 20 (vi) contribution