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Senate Bill S4804
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 58th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- 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
2011-S4804 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง42, Pub Off L
2011-S4804 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4804 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the filling of vacancies in elective offices PURPOSE: This bill would require the governor to call a special election when a vacancy occurs in an elective office. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 3 of section 42 of the public officers law as amended would require the governor to issue a proclamation for a special election to fill an office that has been vacated. The governor must make a proclamation of a special election within ten days after certification of the vacancy and must specify the district or county in which the election is to be held and the day which shall not be less than seventy nor more than eighty days from the date of the proclamation. The governor cannot issue a special election proclamation if such special election will occur less than thirty days before a general election. JUSTIFICATION: This bill ensures that constituents in the area where there is a
2011-S4804 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4804 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the filling of vacancies in elective offices 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 4 of the laws of 2011, 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 or her 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 or her discretion] SHALL WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER THE CERTIFICATION OF THE VACANCY 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 seventy nor more than eighty days from the date of the proclamation. HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR SHALL NOT ISSUE A SPECIAL ELECTION PROCLAMATION IF SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION WILL OCCUR LESS THAN THIRTY DAYS BEFORE A 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. LBD10982-01-1
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