Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 13, 2010 |
signed chap.359 |
Aug 03, 2010 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2010 |
returned to assembly passed senate |
Jun 08, 2010 |
3rd reading cal.644 substituted for s7584 |
Jun 08, 2010 |
substituted by a10507a |
May 27, 2010 |
advanced to third reading |
May 26, 2010 |
2nd report cal. |
May 25, 2010 |
1st report cal.644 |
Apr 23, 2010 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S7584
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10507 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-S7584 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A10507
- Law Section:
- Education Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1803, 1803-a, 1951, 2035, 2502 & 2553, Ed L
2009-S7584 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7584 TITLE : An act to amend the education law, in relation to use of lever voting machines and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof PURPOSE : The bill is intended to address issues that schools face due to the impending replacement of lever voting machines in 2010 with new voting machines that meet the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the state Election Reform and Modernization Act of 2005. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Sections 1,2,5,6, and 7 of the bill amends various section of the education law to provide that voting machines may be used in school district elections as permitted in Education Law § 2035(1). Section 3 of the bill amends Education Law § 1951(2)(g) to provide that the board of cooperative educational services may permit the use of lever voting machines in elections but that such authority shall not be construed to require the board of elections to make lever voting machines available for such elections. Section 4 of the bill amends Education Law § 2035(1) to provide that
2009-S7584 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7584 I N S E N A T E April 23, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. OPPENHEIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to use of lever voting machines and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expira- tion thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 5 of section 1803 of the education law, as amended by chapter 461 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 5. Votes upon the adoption of a resolution shall be cast in the same manner as votes for the election of school district trustees. The commissioner of education may order such modifications in the manner of voting as are customary for school district elections in the community affected by such vote. Such modifications may include the use of voting machines, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND THIR- TY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, and shall include the use of absentee ballots as provided under section two thousand eighteen-a or two thousand eigh- teen-b of this chapter, whichever shall apply. S 2. Subdivision 8 of section 1803-a of the education law, as added by chapter 236 of the laws of 1979, is amended to read as follows: 8. The commissioner of education may order such modifications in the manner of voting on the resolution described in subdivision two of section eighteen hundred three of this [chapter] ARTICLE and for the election described in subdivision seven of this section as are customary in school district elections in the community affected by such vote. Such modifications may include the use of voting machines, AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION TWO THOUSAND THIRTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, and the use of nominating petitions. S 3. Paragraph g of subdivision 2 of section 1951 of the education law, as added by chapter 795 of the laws of 1967 and such section as renumbered by chapter 378 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09411-06-0
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