Bill Text: NY S01375 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Reduces number of signatures required for a nominating petition for congressional district election; reduces signatures to 2000 from 3500.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN [S01375 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S01375-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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1375--B
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 29, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. STAVISKY, ADDABBO, HUNTLEY, KRUEGER -- read twice
and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
on Elections -- recommitted to the Committee on Elections in accord-
ance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
tures on nominating petitions
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 6-142 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional
5 district, [three thousand five hundred] TWO THOUSAND;
6 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
7 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04883-06-0
