Bill Text: NY S02740 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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) 2017-01-17 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S02740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02740-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2740
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 17, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        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.
                                                                   LBD01576-01-7