STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5180--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 12, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to certificates of accept- ance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-166 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 3 to read as follows: 3 3. Individuals nominated to serve on the committee to receive notices, 4 shall, in a certificate signed and acknowledged by him or her, and filed 5 as provided in this article, accept the nomination of the committee, 6 otherwise such nomination shall be null and void. All certificates of 7 acceptance shall be filed not later than the fourth day after the last 8 day to file petitions for the opportunity to ballot. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06037-03-9