Bill Text: NY A00426 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that any plan of apportionment relating to the division of a county, except a county wholly contained within a city, into districts for the purpose of apportionment or reapportionment of members of its local legislative body shall be subject to federal and state constitutional requirements; further provides for standards to be followed for such plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-24 - amended on third reading 426b [A00426 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           426
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 9, 2019
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ORTIZ, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.   CAHILL, ENGLEBRIGHT, PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY  --  read
          once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
          of  a  county  into  districts for the apportionment of members of its
          local legislative body
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph g of subdivision 3 of section 34 of the munici-
     2  pal home rule law is relettered paragraph h and a  new  paragraph  g  is
     3  added to read as follows:
     4    g.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of this chapter or of
     5  any other general, special, or local law, or any code, ordinance,  char-
     6  ter,  rule,  or  regulation, which relates to the division of any county
     7  except a county wholly contained within a city, into districts  for  the
     8  purpose  of the apportionment or reapportionment of members of its local
     9  legislative body pursuant to this chapter, subject to federal and  state
    10  constitutional requirements;
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03710-01-9