Assembly Actions -
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Jun 21, 2012 |
committed to rules |
Jun 06, 2012 |
advanced to third reading |
Jun 05, 2012 |
2nd report cal. |
Jun 04, 2012 |
1st report cal.1001 |
May 02, 2012 |
referred to elections |
Senate Bill S7380
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 7th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
- 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
2011-S7380 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S7380 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents; relates to declination of office and filling vacancies; relates to establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections; relates to paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition.
2011-S7380 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S7380 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents, declination of office and filling vacancies, establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections, paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition PURPOSE: To update several provisions of the Election Law to address certain issues affecting village elections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one amends § 15-108(6) of the Election Law to clarify that the actual number of required signatures for an independent nominating petition in a village with less than a thousand residents is 5% of registered voters at the previous village election. Section two adds a new subdivision to § 15-128 of the Election Law, Notice to Person Chosen to a Village Office, to provide a procedure in the event that a candidate elected for office declines the position. This new language clarifies that a vacancy in office is created when
2011-S7380 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7380 I N S E N A T E May 2, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- 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 clarifying the number of signatures required on an independent nominating petition in a municipality with less than a thousand residents, declination of office and filling vacancies, establishing residency at the time of nomination in village elections, paper ballots counted by hand in village elections and eliminating the ability of a candidate to timely file via mailing with postmark before midnight of the last date to file a petition THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 15-108 of the election law is amended to read as follows: 6. An independent nominating petition for a village office must be signed by at least one hundred voters in villages containing a popu- lation of five thousand or more; by at least seventy-five voters in villages containing a population of three thousand and less than five thousand; and by at least fifty voters in villages containing a popu- lation of one thousand and less than three thousand; and in villages containing a population of less than one thousand by voters numbering at least five per centum of the number of [voters] THOSE PERSONS REGISTERED TO VOTE at the last regular village election. For the purposes of this section, the population of a village shall be determined by the last federal decennial or local special population census federally super- vised pursuant to section twenty of the general municipal law. S 2. The opening paragraph of section 15-128 of the election law is designated subdivision 1 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 2. A PERSON ELECTED MAY DECLINE THE OFFICE TO WHICH HE OR SHE WAS ELECTED BY NOTIFYING THE VILLAGE CLERK IN WRITING. THE FILING OF A WRIT- TEN DECLINATION WITH THE VILLAGE CLERK CREATES A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE EFFECTIVE AT THE START OF THE OFFICIAL YEAR FOLLOWING THE ELECTION. THE VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED AFTER THE START OF THE OFFICIAL YEAR BY THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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