S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3619
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 26, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. CLARK, COLTON, KAVANAGH -- Multi-Sponsored by --
M. of A. GALEF, GOTTFRIED, PAULIN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the time for
setting a special election
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 42 of the public officers law, as
amended by chapter 105 of the laws of 1943, is amended to read as
follows:
3. Upon the failure to elect to any office, except that of governor or
lieutenant-governor, at a general or special election, at which such
office is authorized to be filled, or upon the death or disqualification
of a person elected to office before the commencement of his official
term, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any elective office which
cannot be filled by appointment for a period extending to or beyond the
next general election at which a person may be elected thereto, the
governor may in his discretion make proclamation of a special election
to fill such office, specifying the district or county in which the
election is to be held, and the day thereof, which shall be not less
than [thirty] FIFTY nor more than [forty] SIXTY days from the date of
the proclamation.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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