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Senate Bill S1434

2009-2010 Legislative Session

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

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2009-S1434 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4961
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1322
2013-2014: S433
2015-2016: S1858
2017-2018: S2918

2009-S1434 - Summary

Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office or from being the respective chair of the county democratic or republican committees.

2009-S1434 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1434 - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1434

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON, KRUEGER,
  MONTGOMERY,  ONORATO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,   SCHNEIDERMAN,
  STAVISKY  --  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  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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2009-S1434A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4961
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S1322
2013-2014: S433
2015-2016: S1858
2017-2018: S2918

2009-S1434A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office or from being the respective chair of the county democratic or republican committees.

2009-S1434A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1434A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                 1434--A
    Cal. No. 208

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, C. JOHNSON, KRUEGER,
  MONTGOMERY,  ONORATO,  OPPENHEIMER,  PARKER,  SAMPSON,   SCHNEIDERMAN,
  STAVISKY  --  read  twice  and ordered printed, and when printed to be
  committed to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the  Commit-
  tee  on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
  favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
  its place in the order of third reading

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 IS THE CHAIR OF THE RESPECTIVE
DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN PARTY OR COMMITTEE IN SUCH COUNTY 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.

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