Bill Text: NY S04138 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to enacting the "Esther Salas candidate privacy act" providing the option for candidates for office and petition witnesses not to put their address on designation petitions but instead file such with the county clerk for a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S04138 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04138-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4138

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2023
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        Introduced  by  Sen. SANDERS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  providing  the  option
          for  candidates  for  office  and  petition witnesses not to put their
          address on designation petitions

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

     1    Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
     2  the "Esther Salas candidate privacy act".
     3    § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-131 to read
     4  as follows:
     5    § 6-131. Designating petition; candidate and witness  information.  1.
     6  Notwithstanding  any  other  section  of law, any candidate for local or
     7  state elective office, or petition witnesses for such elective  offices,
     8  shall  have  the  option  to not provide their address of residence on a
     9  petition to seek elective office. If this option is taken, the candidate
    10  or petition witness shall provide proof of address and a  sworn  affida-
    11  vit,  on penalty of perjury, to the county clerk in the county where the
    12  election is to be held.
    13    2. A fee of one hundred dollars shall be assessed by the county  clerk
    14  to any candidate opting to not provide their address of residence on the
    15  petition  and  a two hundred dollar fee to cover the cost for the candi-
    16  date and all of their petition witnesses to not provide their address of
    17  residence.
    18    3. A fine of one thousand dollars shall be imposed on a  candidate  or
    19  petition  witness  for knowingly providing false material information to
    20  the county clerk.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08601-01-3