STATE OF NEW YORK
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                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                   September 19, 2018
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        Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ortiz) --
          read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  permitting  additional
          persons  to provide notification to the board of elections in the case
          of the death of a registered voter
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  5-400 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. If a voter dies, state and county boards of elections shall  permit
     4  the  next  of  kin  or  attorney  in fact for such voter to fill out any
     5  necessary certificate of death forms or documents for proper removal  of
     6  such deceased voter from voter rolls pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdi-
     7  vision one of this section. If such deceased voter has no next of kin or
     8  powers  of attorney, hospital administrators and funeral directors shall
     9  also be permitted to provide the board of elections with such  forms  or
    10  documents  necessary  for  the removal of such deceased voter from voter
    11  rolls.
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16520-01-8