Assembly Bill A10102

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the formatting of petition volumes

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A10102 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-134, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A4407
2017-2018: A5362

2013-A10102 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the formatting of petition volumes; sets forth requirements for the formatting of petition volumes and requires cover sheets to be provided.

2013-A10102 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10102

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Cusick) --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the formatting of peti-
  tion volumes

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

  Section  1.  Section  6-134 of the election law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
  2-A. THE SHEETS OF A PETITION VOLUME SHALL BE NUMBERED SEQUENTIALLY AT
THE FOOT OF EACH SHEET.  PETITION  SHEETS  SHALL  BE  SECURELY  FASTENED
TOGETHER  IN  ONE  OR  MORE VOLUMES. ANY PETITION CONTAINING TEN OR MORE
SHEETS SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A COVER SHEET. A  COVER  SHEET  SHALL  BE
FILED  FOR  EACH  CANDIDATE AND SHALL ACCURATELY AND CORRECTLY STATE THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
  (A) THE NAME AND COMPLETE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF EACH CANDIDATE;
  (B) THE POLITICAL PARTY OR INDEPENDENT BODY, OFFICE  OR  POSITION  AND
DISTRICT  NUMBER (WHERE APPROPRIATE) FOR WHICH EACH DESIGNATION OR NOMI-
NATION IS BEING MADE;
  (C) THE TOTAL NUMBER OF  VOLUMES  COMPRISING  THE  PETITION  FOR  EACH
CANDIDATE;
  (D) THE IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS (ISSUED PURSUANT TO 9 NYCRR S 6215.3 OR
ITS  SUCCESSOR  PROVISIONS) OF THE PETITION VOLUMES COMPRISING THE PETI-
TION;
  (E) THE STATEMENT (IF CORRECT) THAT THE PETITION CONTAINS THE  NUMBER,
OR  IN  EXCESS  OF  THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED BY THIS CHAPTER OR
OTHER APPLICABLE LAWFUL PROVISION.
  THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE COVER  SHEET  MUST  BE  ACCURATE  AND
CORRECT AND SHALL MATCH THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THE PETITION SHEETS
FOR  EACH CANDIDATE. WHEN ONE OR MORE CANDIDATES ARE DESIGNATED OR NOMI-
NATED ON THE SAME  PETITION  VOLUMES,  THE  CANDIDATES  MAY  BE  GROUPED
TOGETHER  ON A COVER SHEET SO THAT THE NUMBER OF VOLUMES AND THEIR IDEN-
TIFICATION NUMBERS DO NOT HAVE TO BE REPEATED. THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE  STRICTLY  CONSTRUED, CONSISTENT WITH THE NEED TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15571-01-4

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