Bill Text: NY A02052 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 2052 (Prior Session Legislation)

NY State Legislature page for A02052

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to election law [A02052 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A02052-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2052

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 14, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARRON,
          BYRNE, CAHILL, DICKENS, DINOWITZ, GALEF,  GLICK,  GOTTFRIED,  LUPARDO,
          REYES,  SEAWRIGHT,  TAYLOR,  THIELE  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to nominating  and  desig-
          nating petitions and certificates

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-158  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  434  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    2. A certificate of acceptance or declination of a  designation  shall
     5  be  filed  not later than the fourth day after the last day to file such
     6  designation, except that a candidate who files  such  a  certificate  of
     7  acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or
     8  petitions  designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any
     9  party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not  later  than
    10  the seventh day after the primary election.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03943-01-1