2023 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.