NY Elec L § 14-200-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws ELN - Election Article 14 - Campaign Receipts and Expenditures; Public Financing Title 2 - Public Financing 14-200-A - Definitions.

* § 14-200-a. Definitions.   For  the  purposes  of  this  title,  the following terms shall have the following meanings:   1.  "authorized  committee"  means  the  single  political   committee designated  by  a candidate pursuant to these recommendations to receive contributions and  make  expenditures  in  support  of  the  candidate's campaign for such election.   2.  "PCFB" means the public campaign finance board established in this title, unless otherwise specified.   3.  "contribution"  shall  have  the  same  meaning  as   appears   in subdivision nine of section 14-100 of this article.   4. "contributor" means any person or entity that makes a contribution.   5.  "covered election" means any primary, general, or special election for nomination for election, or election, to  the  office  of  governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, state senator, or member of the assembly.   6.  "election  cycle" means the two-year period starting the day after the last general election for candidates for the state  legislature  and shall  mean  the  four-year period starting after the day after the last general election for candidates for statewide office.   7. "expenditure" means any gift, subscription,  advance,  payment,  or deposit  of money, or anything of value, or a contract to make any gift, subscription, payment, or deposit of money, or anything of  value,  made in  connection  with  the  nomination  for election, or election, of any candidate. Expenditures made by contract are deemed made when such funds are obligated.   8. "fund" means the New York state campaign finance  fund  established pursuant to section ninety-two-t of the state finance law.   9.  "immediate  family"  means  a  spouse,  domestic  partner,  child, sibling, or parent.   10. "item with significant intrinsic and  enduring  value"  means  any item,  including  tickets  to  an  event, that are valued at twenty-five dollars or more.   11. (a) "matchable contribution" means a contribution  not  less  than five  dollars  and  not  more  than  two  hundred  fifty  dollars, for a candidate for public office to be voted on by the voters of  the  entire state  or  for  nomination  to  any  such office, a contribution for any covered elections held in the same election cycle,  made  by  a  natural person  who  is  a  resident in the state of New York to a participating candidate, and for a candidate for election to  the  state  assembly  or state  senate  or  for nomination to any such office, a contribution for any covered elections held in the same election cycle, made by a natural person who is also a resident of such state  assembly  or  state  senate district  from  which  such candidate is seeking nomination or election, that has been reported in full to the PCFB in accordance  with  sections 14-102  and  14-104  of  this  article  by  the  candidate's  authorized committee and  has  been  contributed  on  or  before  the  day  of  the applicable   primary,   general,   runoff,   or  special  election.  Any contribution, contributions, or a portion of a  contribution  determined to  be  invalid  for  matching funds by the PCFB may not be treated as a matchable contribution for any purpose.  (b) The following contributions are not matchable:  (i) loans;  (ii) in-kind contributions of property, goods, or services;  (iii) contributions in the form of the purchase price paid for an item with significant intrinsic and enduring value;  (iv) transfers from a party or constituted committee;  (v) anonymous contributions;  (vi) contributions whose source is not itemized as required  by  these recommendations;  (vii) contributions gathered during a previous election cycle;  (viii) illegal contributions;  (ix) contributions from minors;  (x)  contributions  from  vendors for campaigns hired by the candidate for such election cycle;  (xi) contributions from lobbyists registered pursuant to subdivision  (a) of section one-c of the legislative law; and  (xii) any portion of a contribution when the  aggregate  contributions are  in  excess of two hundred fifty dollars from any one contributor to such participating candidate for nomination or election.   13. "nonparticipating candidate"  means  a  candidate  for  a  covered election  who  fails  to  file a written certification in the form of an affidavit pursuant to these recommendation by the applicable deadline.   14. "participating candidate" means any candidate for  nomination  for election,  or  election, to the office of governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, state comptroller, state senator,  or  member  of  the assembly,  who  files  a written certification in the form determined by the PCFB.   15. "post-election period" means the period following an election when a candidate is subject to an audit.   16. "qualified campaign expenditure" means an  expenditure  for  which public matching funds may be used.   17.   "threshold  for  eligibility"  means  the  amount  of  matchable contributions that a candidate's authorized committee  must  receive  in total  in  order  for  such  candidate  to  qualify for voluntary public financing under this title.   18. "transfer"  means  any  exchange  of  funds  between  a  party  or constituted  committee  and  a candidate or any of his or her authorized committees.   19. "surplus" means those funds where the total sum  of  contributions received   and  public  matchable  funds  received  by  a  participating candidate and his or her authorized committee exceeds the total campaign expenditures of such candidate and authorized committee for all  covered elections  held  in  the same calendar year or for a special election to fill a vacancy.   * NB Effective November 9, 2022