Bill Text: NY A02693 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to signatures for any party position of member of the ward, town, city or county committee; not less than three per centum of the then enrolled voters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-20 - signed chap.18 [A02693 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A02693-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2693 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 25, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to signatures for certain party positions; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Notwithstanding subdivision two of this section, for any party 4 position of member of the ward, town, city or county committee, such 5 petitions must be signed by not less than three per centum of the then 6 enrolled voters of the party residing within the election district for 7 which such position is to be voted (excluding voters in inactive 8 status). 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December 10 31, 2020 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 11 repealed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08923-02-9