Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 03, 2011 |
signed chap.282 |
Jul 22, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 15, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1030 substituted for s5211 |
May 23, 2011 |
referred to elections delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 19, 2011 |
advanced to third reading cal.403 |
May 18, 2011 |
reported |
May 03, 2011 |
print number 6767a |
May 03, 2011 |
amend (t) and recommit to election law |
Mar 28, 2011 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A6767
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DENDEKKER
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
Bill Amendments
2011-A6767 - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-222, El L
2011-A6767 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6767 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to decreasing the amount of unused ballots to be stored following an election by requiring only ten unused ballots for each ballot lot or style printed to be stored for two years following an 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 3-222 of the election law, as amended by chapter 163 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 3. Except as hereinafter provided, [packages] ALL of protested, void and wholly blank ballots, [packages of] TEN unused ballots FOR EACH BALLOT LOT OR STYLE PRINTED and all absentee and military, special federal, special presidential and emergency ballots and ballot envel- opes, if any, opened or unopened, shall be preserved for two years after the election. Except as hereinafter provided, boxes containing voted paper ballots shall be preserved inviolate for four months after the election, or until one month before the next election occurring within five months after a preceding election if such boxes are needed for use at such next election and if the officer or board in charge of such voted paper ballots is required by law to furnish ballot boxes therefor. Provided, however, that such ballot boxes and such packages may be opened, and their contents and the absentee and military, special feder- al, special presidential and emergency ballots and ballot envelopes may be examined, upon the order of any court or justice of competent juris- diction. Boxes and envelopes containing absentee, military and emergency ballots voted at a general or special election, for the office of member of the senate or assembly, [packages of] ALL void, protested and wholly blank ballots, unopened absentee and military ballot envelopes and the [packages of] TEN unused ballots FOR EACH BALLOT LOT OR STYLE PRINTED, EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10533-01-1
co-Sponsors
Joan Millman
Vito Lopez
Keith L.T. Wright
Joseph Morelle
multi-Sponsors
Christopher Friend
2011-A6767A (ACTIVE) - Details
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3-222, El L
2011-A6767A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6767--A 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 28, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DenDEKKER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the preservation of unused ballots THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3-222 of the election law, as amended by chapter 163 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 2. [Write-in] VOTED ballots shall be preserved for two years after such election and the packages thereof may be opened and the contents examined only upon order of a court or judge of competent jurisdiction, or by direction of such committee of the senate and assembly if the ballots relate to the election under investigation by such committee, and at the expiration of such time, such ballots may be disposed of at the discretion of the officer or board having charge of them. S 2. Subdivisions 3, 4 and 5 of section 3-222 of the election law, as amended by chapter 163 of the laws of 1994, are amended to read as follows: 3. Except as hereinafter provided, packages of protested, void and wholly blank ballots, OPEN packages of unused ballots and all absentee and military, special federal, special presidential and emergency ballots and ballot envelopes, if any, opened or unopened, shall be preserved for two years after the election. SEALED PACKAGES OF UNUSED BALLOTS SHALL BE RETAINED FOR FOUR MONTHS, AND MAY THEN BE DESTROYED, PROVIDED A CERTIFICATE ARTICULATING THE ELECTION DISTRICT IDENTIFYING DATA AND NUMBERS OF SUCH BALLOTS IS FILED WITH THE BALANCE OF BALLOTS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION, FOR THE BALANCE OF THE TWO YEAR RETENTION PERIOD. Except as hereinafter provided, boxes containing voted paper ballots, IF ANY shall be preserved inviolate for four months after the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10533-02-1
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