Bill Text: NY S05860 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to signatures for designating petitions for the counties of Erie and Nassau; makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to designating petitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05860 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05860-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5860

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 15, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  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 signatures  for  desig-
          nating petitions for the counties of Erie and Nassau; to amend chapter
          17  of  the  laws  of  2019, amending the election law relating to the
          number of signatures for designating petitions in the  year  2019,  in
          relation  to making the provisions of such chapter permanent; to amend
          chapter 18 of the laws of 2019, amending the election law relating  to
          signatures  for  certain  party  positions,  in relation to making the
          provisions of such chapter permanent; and to amend chapter 22  of  the
          laws  of  2019,  amending  the election law relating to signatures for
          designating petitions for certain political subdivisions, in  relation
          to making the provisions of such chapter permanent

          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 6-136  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  added by chapter 17 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     3    4. Except for the city of New York and notwithstanding subdivision two
     4  of  this  section,  for  designations  made by petition [in the year two
     5  thousand nineteen], the signature requirement numbers  stated  in  para-
     6  graphs  (a)  through  (l)  of  subdivision  two of this section shall be
     7  reduced by one-quarter, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
     8    § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 6-136 of the election law, as  added  by
     9  chapter 22 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
    10    5.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  two of this section, for designating
    11  petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New  York  [and
    12  the  counties  of Erie and Nassau], except for the position of member of
    13  ward, town, city or county committee, such petitions must be  signed  by
    14  not  less than three and three-quarters per centum, as determined by the
    15  preceding enrollment, of the then enrolled voters of the party  residing
    16  within the political unit in which the office or position is to be voted

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  for  (excluding  voters  in inactive status). The reductions provided by
     2  subdivision four of this section as added by chapter  seventeen  of  the
     3  laws of two thousand nineteen shall also apply.
     4    §  3.  Section  2  of  chapter  17  of  the laws of 2019, amending the
     5  election law relating  to  the  number  of  signatures  for  designating
     6  petitions in the year 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     7    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire December
     8  31,  2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
     9  repealed].
    10    § 4. Section 2 of chapter  18  of  the  laws  of  2019,  amending  the
    11  election  law  relating  to  signatures  for certain party positions, is
    12  amended to read as follows:
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire December
    14  31, 2020 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be  deemed
    15  repealed].
    16    §  5.  Section  2  of  chapter  22  of  the laws of 2019, amending the
    17  election law  relating  to  signatures  for  designating  petitions  for
    18  certain political subdivisions, is amended to read as follows:
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire December
    20  31,  2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    21  repealed].
    22    § 6. This act shall take effect immediately.