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Jan 08, 2014 |
referred to election law |
Jan 18, 2013 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A2855
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
CLARK
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
co-Sponsors
William Colton
Brian Kavanagh
multi-Sponsors
Sandy Galef
Richard Gottfried
Amy Paulin
2013-A2855 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-A2855 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2855 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 18, 2013 ___________ 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 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 make proclamation of a special election to fill such office, specifying the district or coun- ty in which the election is to be held, and the day thereof, which shall be not less than [seventy] FIFTY nor more than [eighty] 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. LBD06683-01-3
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