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Assembly Bill A7498

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to nominating and designating petitions and certificates

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2011-A7498 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-158, El L

2011-A7498 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a candidate who files such a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the third day after the primary election.

2011-A7498 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7498

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to nominating  and  desig-
  nating petitions and certificates

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

  Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 6-158 of the election  law,
subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of 1984 and subdivi-
sion  3  as  amended  by chapter 703 of the laws of 1982, are amended to
read as follows:
  2. A certificate of acceptance or declination of a  designation  shall
be  filed  not later than the fourth day after the last day to file such
designation, EXCEPT THAT A CANDIDATE WHO FILES  SUCH  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
ACCEPTANCE FOR AN OFFICE FOR WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN FILED CERTIFICATES OR
PETITIONS  DESIGNATING MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION OF ANY
PARTY, MAY THEREAFTER FILE A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION NOT  LATER  THAN
THE THIRD DAY AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
  3. A certificate to fill a vacancy in a designation caused by declina-
tion  shall be filed not later than the fourth day after the last day to
decline. A certificate to fill a vacancy  in  a  designation  caused  by
death [or], disqualification OR BY THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF DECLI-
NATION  AS  DESCRIBED  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION shall be filed
not later than ten days  after  such  death  [or],  disqualification  or
FILING  OF  A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION OR four days before the primary
election, whichever is earlier.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10997-02-1

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