§ 73-b. Advertisements by elected government officials and candidates\nmade with public funds; prohibited.
1.As used in this section:\n (a) "Political subdivision" shall mean a county, city, town, village\nor district within the state.\n (b) "Public authority" shall mean a public authority or public benefit\ncorporation created by or existing under any law of the state, at least\none of whose members is appointed by the governor (including any\nsubsidiaries of such public authority or public benefit corporation),\nother than an interstate or international authority or public benefit\ncorporation.\n (c) "Appear" or "appears" shall mean to appear by likeness, picture or\nvoice.\n (d) "Candidate" shall have the meaning set forth in section 14-100 of\nthe election law.\n 2. Notwithstan
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§ 73-b. Advertisements by elected government officials and candidates\nmade with public funds; prohibited. 1. As used in this section:\n (a) "Political subdivision" shall mean a county, city, town, village\nor district within the state.\n (b) "Public authority" shall mean a public authority or public benefit\ncorporation created by or existing under any law of the state, at least\none of whose members is appointed by the governor (including any\nsubsidiaries of such public authority or public benefit corporation),\nother than an interstate or international authority or public benefit\ncorporation.\n (c) "Appear" or "appears" shall mean to appear by likeness, picture or\nvoice.\n (d) "Candidate" shall have the meaning set forth in section 14-100 of\nthe election law.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, (a) no\nelected government official or candidate for elected local, state or\nfederal office shall knowingly appear in any advertisement or promotion,\nincluding public or community service announcements, published or\nbroadcast through any print or electronic media (including television,\nradio and internet) by any private or commercial entity or any other\nentity that publishes such advertisement for a fee, if the advertisement\nor promotion is paid for or produced in whole or in part with funds of\nthe state, a political subdivision thereof or a public authority.\n (b) No person shall knowingly use the funds of the state, a political\nsubdivision thereof or public authority to pay for or produce, in whole\nor in part, any advertisement or promotion that is prohibited by\nparagraph (a) of this subdivision. This prohibition shall not apply to\notherwise lawful expenditures of public campaign funds specifically\nprovided for under state, federal or local law.\n 3. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be\nliable for a civil penalty of not less than one thousand dollars nor\nmore than five thousand dollars. The penalties prescribed by this\nsubdivision may be recovered in a civil action brought by the attorney\ngeneral.\n