Assembly Bill A3262

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing the penalty for willfully making a material false statement in any application for registration to vote

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  • Introduced
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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A3262 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง5-210, El L

2009-A3262 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing the penalty for willfully making a material false statement in any application for registration to vote.

2009-A3262 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3262

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BENJAMIN, DelMONTE, EDDINGTON, RAIA, WALKER --
  Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CALHOUN, CLARK, CROUCH, DUPREY, ERRIGO,
  HOOPER, MAISEL, MAYERSOHN, McDONOUGH,  McKEVITT,  REILLY,  SCHIMEL  --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to increasing the penalty
  for willfully making a material false statement in any application for
  registration to vote

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section 5-210 of the election law, as
amended by chapter 179 of the laws  of  2005,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  6.  A  person  who  willfully  makes a material false statement in any
application for registration and enrollment and/or transfer of registra-
tion and enrollment or special enrollment  by  mail,  or  who  knowingly
makes a false affirmation, or who offers or attempts to offer any appli-
cation  for  registration and enrollment or transfer of registration and
enrollment or special enrollment knowing that the applicant is not qual-
ified to register or enroll, or transfer his  or  her  registration  and
enrollment  or  to  specially  enroll,  shall be guilty of a class [E] D
felony.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05771-01-9

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