STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10151 IN ASSEMBLY March 15, 2020 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT in relation to petition requirements The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 of section 6-158 of the 2 election law, a designating petition for the June 2020 primary election 3 shall be filed with the appropriate board of elections on March 17 4 through March 20, 2020 and the political calendar with respect to 5 objections, acceptances, authorizations, declinations, substitutions and 6 the last day to commence an election law article 16 proceeding shall be 7 adjusted accordingly. 8 § 2. Notwithstanding section 6-164 of the election law, there shall be 9 no option to file an opportunity to ballot petition in the June 2020 10 primary election. 11 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15928-02-0