Bill Text: NY A00494 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to notifying candidates of designation for certain county committees; requires the board of elections of the city of New York to provide notice to each candidate designated in a petition for election to a party position of a county committee located within the city of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-08 - amended on third reading 494b [A00494 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00494-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         494--B
                                                                Cal. No. 361

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     January 9, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  EPSTEIN, ROZIC, DAVILA, CLARK, CRUZ, KELLES,
          REYES, CUNNINGHAM, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, ARDILA -- Multi-Sponsored by --  M.
          of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
          --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
          and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the  Committee  on
          Election  Law  in  accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- reported
          from committee, advanced to  a  third  reading,  amended  and  ordered
          reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to notifying candidates of
          designation for certain county committees

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
     3    14.    Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to the contrary, upon
     4  receipt of a designating petition pursuant to this section, the board of
     5  elections of the city of New York shall provide notice to each candidate
     6  designated in such petition for election to a party position of a county
     7  committee located within the city of New York informing  such  candidate
     8  of  such  designation  and the process for declining such designation in
     9  accordance with the provisions of section 6-146 of this article.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
    11  it shall have become law.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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