New York A 8242: Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have misused public campaign funds

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A08242 Summary:

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Renders candidates ineligible to receive public matching funds when such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such funds; states that such ineligibility continues until the candidate has repaid such funds, satisfied civil penalties, and complied with orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public funds.

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05/05/2025referred to election law

01/07/2026referred to election law

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8242

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 5, 2025
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to ineligibility to
 receive public matching funds due to the prior misuse of public funds

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

 1 Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section
 2 14-203-a to read as follows:
 3 § 14-203-a. Ineligibility; prior misuse of public funds. 1. A candi-
 4 date shall be ineligible to receive public matching funds under this
 5 title if such candidate has been found in a prior election cycle to have
 6 knowingly and willfully misused public campaign funds or committed
 7 fraud, conversion, or unauthorized personal use of such funds, as deter-
 8 mined by a final order of the state board of elections, a court of
 9 competent jurisdiction, or any other lawful enforcement authority.
 10 2. Such ineligibility shall continue unless and until the candidate
 11 has fully repaid any misused funds, satisfied all civil penalties
 12 related to such misused funds, and complied with any remedial or resti-
 13 tution orders imposed as a result of such prior misuse of public
 14 campaign funds or fraud, conversion or unauthorized personal use of such
 15 funds.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 17 candidates participating in public financing beginning on and after the
 18 first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become
 19 a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11872-01-5

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