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NY A11163
Bill
Status
12/4/2020
Primary Sponsor
Mark Johns
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AI Summary
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Creates an opt-in public campaign financing system for State Senator and Assembly Member candidates who belong to parties receiving the highest or second-highest votes in the previous election.
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Provides $200,000 in public funds to participating State Senator candidates and $100,000 to participating Assembly Member candidates.
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Requires participating candidates to accept only public funds and prohibits them from receiving private, corporate, or special interest donations.
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Restricts use of public funds to qualified campaign expenses, excluding cash payments, payments to family members or their businesses, legal defense fees, and various other prohibited expenditures.
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Eliminates matching funds for participating candidates and extends eligibility to third and fourth-place parties if fewer than two major-party candidates participate.
Legislative Description
Establishes the general election campaign financing opt-in system which allows certain candidates to opt-in to receive non-matching public funds from the state to pay for qualified campaign expenses, with the condition that participating candidates may not accept any private, corporate or special interest funds.
Last Action
referred to election law
12/4/2020