Assembly Bill A7901

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits the at large election of any member of the governing or legislative body of a town or village by electors of such town or village; repealer

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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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2021-A7901 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6753
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §15-130, El L; rpld §81 sub 2 ¶(b), §341 sub 13, amd §§85 & 87, Town L; add Art 7-B §§150 - 152, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5217
2023-2024: A532, S479

2021-A7901 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the at large election of any member of the governing or legislative body of a town or village by electors of such town or village; requires the election of such members by wards.

2021-A7901 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7901
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BURGOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, the town law and the general municipal
   law,  in  relation  to prohibiting the at large election of members of
   the legislative or governing body of towns and villages, and providing
   for and requiring the election of such members by wards; to amend  the
   general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to directing the department of
   state and the legislative task force on demographic research and reap-
   portionment to assist boards of election to establish wards, authoriz-
   ing towns and villages to petition for a temporary exemption from such
   requirements, and directing the attorney-general  to  report  on  such
   exemptions;  and to repeal certain provisions of the town law relating
   to authorizing certain towns to establish ward systems of election
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  15-130 of the election law is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 15-130. Election of trustees by wards.  The  board  of  trustees  of
 [any]  EVERY  village  [may,  by  resolution, and subject to a mandatory
 referendum,] SHALL provide for the election of  trustees  by  wards,  OR
 alter  [existing]  ward boundaries [or abolish wards and the election of
 trustees by wards]. [If a village elects  trustees  by  wards  separate]
 SEPARATE  ballot  boxes  or  voting  machines shall be provided for each
 ward.
   § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 81 of the town  law  is
 REPEALED.
   § 3. Section 85 of the town law is amended to read as follows:
   §  85. Ward system for election of councilmen. [1. Whenever a proposi-
 tion shall have been adopted in a town of the first class for the estab-
 lishment of the ward system and the election thereafter of one  council-
 man  from  each ward, the] THE board of elections of the county in which
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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