§ 14-200-A — Definitions

§ 14-200-a. Definitions. For the purposes of this title, the following\nterms shall have the following meanings:\n 1. "authorized committee" means the political committee designated by\na candidate pursuant to this title to receive contributions and make\nexpenditures in support of the candidate's campaign for such election.\n 2. "PCFB" means the public campaign finance board established in this\ntitle, unless otherwise specified.\n 3. "contribution" shall have the same meaning as appears in\nsubdivision nine of section 14-100 of this article.\n 4. "contributor" means any person or entity that makes a contribution.\n 5. "covered election" means any primary, general, or special election\nfor nomination for election, or election, to the office of governor,\nlieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, state senator,\nor member of the assembly.\n 6. "election cycle" means the two-year period starting the day after\nthe last general election for candidates for the state legislature and\nshall mean the four-year period starting after the day after the last\ngeneral election for candidates for statewide office.\n 7. "expenditure" means any gift, subscription, advance, payment, or\ndeposit of money, or anything of value, or a contract to make any gift,\nsubscription, payment, or deposit of money, or anything of value, made\nin connection with the nomination for election, or election, of any\ncandidate. Expenditures made by contract are deemed made when such funds\nare obligated.\n 8. "fund" means the New York state campaign finance fund established\npursuant to section ninety-two-t of the state finance law.\n 9. "immediate family" means a spouse, domestic partner, child,\nsibling, or parent.\n 10. "item with significant intrinsic and enduring value" means any\nitem, including tickets to an event, that are valued at twenty-five\ndollars or more.\n 11. (a) "matchable contribution" means a contribution not less than\nfive dollars and not more than two hundred fifty dollars per each\ncovered election, for a candidate for public office to be voted on by\nthe voters of the entire state or for nomination to any such office, a\ncontribution for any covered elections held in the same election cycle,\nmade by a natural person who is a resident in the state of New York to a\nparticipating candidate, and for a candidate for election to the state\nassembly or state senate or for nomination to any such office, a\ncontribution for any covered elections held in the same election cycle,\nmade by a natural person who is also a resident of such state assembly\nor state senate district from which such candidate is seeking nomination\nor election, that has been reported in full to the PCFB in accordance\nwith sections 14-102 and 14-104 of this article by the candidate's\nauthorized committee and has been contributed on or before the day of\nthe applicable primary, general, runoff, or special election. Any\ncontribution, contributions, or a portion of a contribution determined\nto be invalid for matching funds by the PCFB may not be treated as a\nmatchable contribution for any purpose.\n (b) The following contributions are not matchable:\n (i) loans;\n (ii) in-kind contributions of property, goods, or services;\n (iii) contributions in the form of the purchase price paid for an item\nwith significant intrinsic and enduring value;\n (iv) transfers from a party or constituted committee;\n (v) anonymous contributions;\n (vi) contributions whose source is not itemized as required by these\nrecommendations;\n (vii) contributions gathered during a previous election cycle;\n (viii) illegal contributions;\n (ix) contributions from minors;\n (x) contributions from vendors for campaigns hired by the candidate\nfor such election cycle;\n (xi) contributions from lobbyists registered pursuant to subdivision\n(a) of section one-c of the legislative law; and\n (xii) the portion of a contribution which is in excess of two hundred\nfifty dollars, as a single contribution or in the aggregate, from any\none contributor to such participating candidate for nomination or\nelection. Provided, however, that any portion of a contribution totaling\nover one thousand fifty dollars as a single contribution or in the\naggregate shall not be matchable in any amount.\n 13. "nonparticipating candidate" means a candidate for a covered\nelection who fails to file a written certification in the form of an\naffidavit pursuant to these recommendation by the applicable deadline.\n 14. "participating candidate" means any candidate for nomination for\nelection, or election, to the office of governor, lieutenant governor,\nattorney general, state comptroller, state senator, or member of the\nassembly, who files a written certification in the form determined by\nthe PCFB.\n 15. "post-election period" means the period following an election when\na candidate is subject to an audit.\n 16. "qualified campaign expenditure" means an expenditure for which\npublic matching funds may be used.\n 17. "threshold for eligibility" means the amount of matchable\ncontributions that a candidate's authorized committee must receive in\ntotal in order for such candidate to qualify for voluntary public\nfinancing under this title.\n 18. "transfer" means any exchange of funds between a party or\nconstituted committee and a candidate or any of his or her authorized\ncommittees.\n 19. "surplus" means those funds where the total sum of contributions\nreceived and public matchable funds received by a participating\ncandidate and their authorized committee exceeds the total campaign\nexpenditures of such candidate and authorized committee for all covered\nelections held in the same calendar year or for a special election to\nfill a vacancy. For the purposes of this subdivision, total campaign\nexpenditures shall include transfers, contributions out and all other\nlawful liabilities incurred.\n