New York Consolidated Laws, Election Law - ELN § 14-200-a. Definitions

1. “authorized committee” means the political committee designated by a candidate pursuant to this title 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.

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 their 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.  For the purposes of this subdivision, total campaign expenditures shall include transfers, contributions out and all other lawful liabilities incurred.