Bill Text: NY A08349 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to establishing the New York state early voting fund; establishes such fund for the purpose of making payments to the board of elections of each county and the city of New York to reimburse any actual costs incurred by such boards of elections to provide polling places for early voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-12-15 - enacting clause stricken [A08349 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A08349-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8349 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY June 9, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the New York state early voting fund The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 2 92-t to read as follows: 3 § 92-t. New York state early voting fund. 1. There is hereby estab- 4 lished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commission- 5 er of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the New York state 6 early voting fund. 7 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received from the abandoned 8 property fund pursuant to subdivision five of section ninety-five of 9 this article. 10 3. Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature, may 11 be expended for the purpose of making payments to the board of elections 12 of each county and the city of New York to reimburse any actual costs 13 incurred by such boards of elections to provide polling places for early 14 voting, including the cost of staffing such polling places, in any 15 general, primary, or special election in which early voting is required 16 by the election law. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund upon audit and 17 warrant by the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by 18 the state board of elections, or its duly designated representative, in 19 the manner prescribed by law. 20 4. Boards of elections seeking moneys from this fund shall submit 21 documentation detailing the costs described in subdivision three of this 22 section in a manner prescribed by the state board of elections. 23 5. The state board of elections and state comptroller shall issue any 24 such rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this 25 section. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11987-01-7A. 8349 2 1 § 2. Section 95 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 5 to read as follows: 3 5. (a) As often as necessary, the co-chairs of the state board of 4 elections shall certify the amount such co-chairs have determined neces- 5 sary to fund estimated payments from the New York state early voting 6 fund established by section ninety-two-t of this article. 7 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section authorizing the 8 transfer of any moneys in the abandoned property fund to the general 9 fund, the comptroller, after reserving amounts sufficient to pay claims 10 against the abandoned property fund, shall, based upon a certification 11 of the state board of elections pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdi- 12 vision, and at the direction of the director of the budget, transfer the 13 requested amount from remaining available monies in the abandoned prop- 14 erty fund to the New York state early voting fund established by section 15 ninety-two-t of this article. 16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 17 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the 18 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary 19 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized 20 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
