Bill Text: NY S00591 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires the state to assume the cost of purchasing ballots for general elections, special elections and primaries.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-03-15 - PRINT NUMBER 591A [S00591 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S00591-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 591--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 7, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the state to assume the cost of purchasing ballots for general elections, special elections and primaries The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 4-136 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 3 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section 4 or any other law to the contrary, the state shall assume the cost of 5 purchasing ballots for all general elections, special elections and 6 primaries. The New York state board of elections shall develop proce- 7 dures to reimburse counties that purchase ballots and/or to provide the 8 ballots to be used by each county. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03895-02-6
