Bill Text: NY S02099 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-05 - COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO ELECTIONS [S02099 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02099-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2099--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, JACKSON, LIU, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary 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 that subpoe- nas relating to election matters be served with a separate informa- tional sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. A subpoena issued in relation to this article shall require that 4 the subpoena be served with a separate informational sheet that summa- 5 rizes why the subpoena has been issued, that the case is not related to 6 a criminal action, that the person to whom the subpoena is being served 7 does not currently face criminal charges related to the case, specify 8 that the action is related to the upcoming election of the pertinent 9 office and the consequences of not following the subpoena. The informa- 10 tional sheet shall be affixed to the subpoena being served and shall be 11 written in plain language and printed in a format and type size that is 12 clear and easy to read. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06029-02-0