Bill Text: NY S03686 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3686 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Extends deadline to June 1st for calling special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of state senator and member of assembly.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S03686 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S03686-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3686
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 27, 2009
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  ADAMS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  extending  the
         deadline  for  calling  special  elections  to  fill  vacancies in the
         offices of state senator and member of assembly
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 4 of section 42 of the public officers law, as
    2  amended by chapter 317 of the laws  of  1954,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    4.  A  special  election  shall  not  be held to fill a vacancy in the
    5  office of a representative in congress unless such vacancy occurs on  or
    6  before  the first day of July of the last year of the term of office, or
    7  unless it occurs thereafter and a special session of congress is  called
    8  to  meet  before the next general election, or be called after September
    9  nineteenth of such year; nor to fill a vacancy in the  office  of  state
   10  senator  or  in  the  office  of  member of assembly, unless the vacancy
   11  occurs ON OR before the first day of [April] JUNE of the  last  year  of
   12  the  term  of office, or unless the vacancy occurs in either such office
   13  of senator or member of assembly after such first day  of  [April]  JUNE
   14  and  a special session of the legislature be called to meet between such
   15  first day of [April] JUNE and the next general  election  or  be  called
   16  after  September  nineteenth in such year. If a special election to fill
   17  an office shall not be held as required by  law,  the  [office]  VACANCY
   18  shall be filled at the next general election.
   19    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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