Bill Text: NY A05979 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5979 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relates to signatures for designating petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New York and the counties of Erie and Nassau; must be signed by not less than three and three-quarters per centum.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-03-25 - signed chap.22 [A05979 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5979
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 22, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to signatures  for  desig-
          nating  petitions  for  political subdivisions outside the city of New
          York; 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 5 to read as follows:
     3    5.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  two of this section, for designating
     4  petitions for political subdivisions  outside  the  city  of  New  York,
     5  except  for the position of member of ward, town, city or county commit-
     6  tee, such petitions must be signed by not less  than  three  and  three-
     7  quarters  per  centum, as determined by the preceding enrollment, of the
     8  then enrolled voters of the party residing within the political unit  in
     9  which  the  office  or  position is to be voted for (excluding voters in
    10  inactive status). The reductions provided by subdivision  four  of  this
    11  section  as added by chapter seventeen of the laws of two thousand nine-
    12  teen shall also apply.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire  December
    14  31,  2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    15  repealed.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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