Assembly Bill A4961

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A4961 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L

2009-A4961 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office.

2009-A4961 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4961

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. V. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting election
  commissioners  and  deputy  elections  commissioners  from  holding  a
  publicly elected office

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-200  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. No person [shall be] appointed as election commissioner  or  DEPUTY
ELECTION  COMMISSIONER SHALL continue to hold office who is not a regis-
tered voter in the county and not an enrolled member of the party recom-
mending his OR HER appointment, or who holds any  other  public  office,
except  that  of commissioner of deeds, notary public, [village officer,
city or town justice,] member of a community board within  the  city  of
New York or trustee or officer of a school district outside of a city.
  S  2. Subdivision 6 of section 3-200 of the election law is amended to
read as follows:
  6. An election commissioner OR DEPUTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER shall  not
be  a  candidate  for  any  elective office which he OR SHE would not be
entitled to hold under the provisions of this article, unless he OR  SHE
has  ceased  by  resignation  or otherwise, to be commissioner OR DEPUTY
COMMISSIONER prior to his OR HER  nomination  or  designation  therefor.
Otherwise such nomination or designation shall be null and void.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05007-01-9

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