Int 0524-2011
Curbing the outlay of public funds to candidates facing minimal opposition.
IntroductionFiledCommittee on Governmental Operationsintroduced 2011-03-23
Filed — closed without being enacted.
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Agenda: 2011-03-23Passed: 2013-12-31
Committee on Governmental Operations — Municipal governmental structure and organization, Department of Citywide Administrative Services, Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, Community Boards, Tax Commission, Board of Standards and Appeals, Campaign Finance Board, Board of Elections, Voter Assistance Commission, Commission on Public Information and Communication, Department of Records and Information Services, Financial Information Services Agency and Law Department.
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This bill: 1014 days in committee
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Sponsors (4)
Lifecycle
IntroducedIntroduced by Council
2011-03-23 · City Council
ActionReferred to Comm by Council
2011-03-23 · City Council
ClosedFiled (End of Session)
2013-12-31 · City Council
Heard at (1)
City Council · 2011-03-23 · 1:30 PM · Emigrant Savings Bank - 49-51 Chambers Street
Full text
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision (7) of section 3-705 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by local law number 34 of 2007, is amended to read as follows:
7. Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, the amount of public funds payable a participating candidate on the ballot in any covered election shall not exceed one quarter of the maximum public funds payment otherwise applicable under subdivision two of this section, unless:
(a) the participating candidate is opposed by a candidate and the board has determined that such other candidate and his or her authorized committees have spent or contracted or have obligated to spend, or received in loans or contributions[, or both,] or public funds, an amount which, in the aggregate, exceeds [one-fifth] two-fifths of the applicable expenditure limit for such office fixed by subdivision one of section 3-706 of this chapter for participating candidates; or
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§2. This local law shall take effect immediately.
SAG
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