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Assembly Bill A1304

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Requires board of election offices of the city of New York to remain open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. on each day of a filing period to receive certain documents

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2009-A1304 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1-106, El L

2009-A1304 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires board of election offices of the city of New York to remain open from 9 A.M. to 9 P.M. on each day of a filing period to receive certain petitions, certificates and objections for filing.

2009-A1304 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1304

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of
  election offices of the city of New York to remain open from 9 A.M. to
  9 P.M. on certain days to receive certain petitions, certificates  and
  objections

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1-106  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  700  of  the  laws  of 1977, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of  this
chapter  shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours of
nine A.M. and five P.M. If the last day  for  filing  shall  fall  on  a
Saturday,  Sunday  or  legal holiday, the next business day shall become
the last day for filing. All papers sent by mail in  an  envelope  post-
marked prior to midnight of the last day of filing shall be deemed time-
ly  filed and accepted for filing when received, except that all certif-
icates and petitions  of  designation  or  nomination,  certificates  of
acceptance  or declination of such designations and nominations, certif-
icates  of  substitution  for  such  designations  or  nominations   and
objections  and  specifications  of  objections to such certificates and
petitions required to be filed with the board of elections of  the  city
of New York must be actually received by such city board of elections on
or  before  the  last  day  to  file  any  such petition, certificate or
objection and such  office  shall  be  open  for  the  receipt  of  such
petitions,  certificates  and objections [until midnight on the last day
to file] FROM NINE A.M. TO NINE P.M. ON EACH DAY OF A FILING PERIOD  FOR
any  such petition, certificate or objection. Failure of the post office
or any other person or entity to deliver any such petition,  certificate

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

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