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Assembly Bill A7372

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Extends deadline to June 1st for calling special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of state senator and member of assembly

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2009-A7372 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3686
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3688
2013-2014: S2731

2009-A7372 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends deadline to June 1st for calling special elections to fill vacancies in the offices of state senator and member of assembly.

2009-A7372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7372

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BARRON -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend the public officers law, in relation to extending the
  deadline for calling  special  elections  to  fill  vacancies  in  the
  offices of state senator and member of assembly

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 42 of the public officers law,  as
amended  by  chapter  317  of  the  laws  of 1954, is amended to read as
follows:
  4. A special election shall not be held  to  fill  a  vacancy  in  the
office  of a representative in congress unless such vacancy occurs on or
before the first day of July of the last year of the term of office,  or
unless  it occurs thereafter and a special session of congress is called
to meet before the next general election, or be called  after  September
nineteenth  of  such  year; nor to fill a vacancy in the office of state
senator or in the office of  member  of  assembly,  unless  the  vacancy
occurs  ON  OR  before the first day of [April] JUNE of the last year of
the term of office, or unless the vacancy occurs in either  such  office
of  senator  or  member of assembly after such first day of [April] JUNE
and a special session of the legislature be called to meet between  such
first  day  of  [April]  JUNE and the next general election or be called
after September nineteenth in such year. If a special election  to  fill
an  office  shall  not  be held as required by law, the [office] VACANCY
shall be filled at the next general election.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10302-01-9

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