Assembly Bill A1237

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to number of signatures needed for nominating petitions

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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-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6-136 & 6-142, El L

2009-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Decreases the number of signatures needed for designating and nominating petitions for office of delegate to the constitutional convention.

2009-A1237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1237

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
  tures needed for a designating petition for a candidate  for  delegate
  to a constitutional convention

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

  Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES ON A PETITION TO DESIGNATE A CANDIDATE FOR
THE  OFFICE OF DELEGATE-AT-LARGE TO A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION NEED NOT
EXCEED SEVEN THOUSAND  FIVE  HUNDRED  SIGNATURES,  AND  TO  DESIGNATE  A
DISTRICT DELEGATE THE NUMBER NEED NOT EXCEED FIVE HUNDRED SIGNATURES.
  S  2.  Section  6-142  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 3 to read as follows:
  3. AN INDEPENDENT NOMINATING PETITION FOR A  CANDIDATE  OF  OFFICE  OF
DELEGATE-AT-LARGE  TO  A  CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION MUST BE SIGNED BY AT
LEAST SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VOTERS AND A NOMINATING  PETITION  FOR
OFFICE OF DISTRICT DELEGATE MUST BE SIGNED BY AT LEAST ONE THOUSAND FIVE
HUNDRED VOTERS.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03119-01-9

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