§ 14-124. Exceptions. 1. This article shall not apply to any person,\nassociation or corporation engaged in the publication or distribution of\nany newspaper or other publication issued at regular intervals in\nrespect to the ordinary conduct of such business.\n 2. The filing requirements and the expenditure, contribution and\nreceipt limits of this article shall not apply to any candidate or\ncommittee who or which engages exclusively in activities on account of\nwhich, pursuant to the laws of the United States, there is required to\nbe filed a statement or report of the campaign receipts, expenditures\nand liabilities of such candidate or committee with an office or\nofficers of the government of the United States, provided a copy of each\nsuch statement or report is filed in the office of the state board of\nelections.\n 2-a. The provisions of sections 14-102, 14-112 and subdivision one of\nsection 14-118 of this article shall not apply to a political committee\nsupporting or opposing candidates for state or local office which,\npursuant to the laws of the United States, is required to file a\nstatement or report of the campaign receipts, expenditures and\nliabilities of such committee with an office or officer of the\ngovernment of the United States, provided that such committee makes no\nexpenditures to aid or take part in the election or defeat of a\ncandidate for state or local office other than in the form of\ncontributions which do not exceed in the aggregate one thousand dollars\nin any calendar year, and provided further, that a copy of the federal\nreport which lists such contributions is filed with the appropriate\nboard of elections at the same time that it is filed with the federal\nfiling office or officer.\n 3. The contribution and receipt limits of this article shall not apply\nto monies received and expenditures made by a party committee or\nconstituted committee to maintain a permanent headquarters and staff and\ncarry on ordinary activities which are not for the express purpose of\npromoting the candidacy of specific candidates; provided that such\nmonies described in this subdivision shall be deposited in a segregated\naccount.\n 4. No candidate and no political committee taking part solely in his\ncampaign and authorized to do so by him in accordance with this article\nand no committee involved solely in promoting the success or defeat of a\nballot proposal shall be required to file a statement required by\nsections 14-102 and 14-104 of this article if at the close of the\nreporting period for which such statement would be required neither the\naggregate receipts nor the aggregate expenditures by and on behalf of\nsuch candidate or to promote the success or defeat of such proposal, by\nsuch candidate or such political committee or committees exceed one\nthousand dollars and such candidate or such committee files, on the\nfiling date otherwise provided, a statement, sworn or subscribed and\nbearing a form notice that false statements made therein are punishable\nas a class A misdemeanor pursuant to section 210.45 of the penal law,\nstating that each of such aggregate receipts and aggregate expenditures\ndoes not exceed one thousand dollars.\n 5. The provisions of sections 14-104 and 14-112, and subdivision a of\nsection 14-118 shall not apply to any candidate for member of a county\ncommittee of a political party or any candidate for delegate or\nalternate delegate to a judicial district convention if the campaign\nexpenditures made by or on behalf of such candidate do not exceed fifty\ndollars.\n 6. The provisions of sections 14-102, 14-104 and 14-118 respectively,\nof this article shall not apply to a candidate or a committee taking\npart solely in his campaign and authorized to do so by him in accordance\nwith the provisions of this article in a campaign for election to public\noffice or to a committee involved solely in promoting the success or\ndefeat of a ballot proposal in a city, town or vil
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