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Assembly Bill A3323

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits any county, city, town or village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regulation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material

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2015-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 8 Title 6 ยง8-600, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9749
2013-2014: A2804

2015-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits any county, city, town or village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regulation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material.

2015-A3323 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3323

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 22, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting any county,
  city,  town  or  village from enacting a local law, ordinance or regu-
  lation prohibiting or restricting posting of election material

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

  Section  1.  Article  8 of the election law is amended by adding a new
title 6 to read as follows:
                                TITLE VI
                                 POSTING
SECTION 8-600. POSTING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED.
  S 8-600. POSTING RESTRICTIONS PROHIBITED. NO  COUNTY,  CITY,  TOWN  OR
VILLAGE  SHALL ENACT A LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR REGULATION PROHIBITING OR
RESTRICTING THE POSTING OF ANY HANDBILL, POSTER,  NOTICE,  SIGN,  ADVER-
TISEMENT, STICKER OR ANY OTHER PRINTED MATERIAL PERTAINING TO ANY PRIMA-
RY,  GENERAL  SPECIAL  ELECTION, UPON ANY CURB, GUTTER, FLAGSTONE, TREE,
LAMPPOST, AWNING POST, TELEGRAPH POLE, TELEPHONE  POLE,  PUBLIC  UTILITY
POLE, PUBLIC GARBAGE BIN, BUS SHELTER, BRIDGE, ELEVATED TRAIN STRUCTURE,
HIGHWAY  FENCE,  BARREL, BOX, TRAFFIC STANCHION, TRAFFIC SIGN POLE, TREE
BOX, TREE PIT PROTECTION DEVICE,  BENCH,  TRAFFIC  BARRIER,  HYDRANT  OR
PUBLIC  PAY  TELEPHONE  ON  ANY STREET FOR A PERIOD OF FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
BEFORE AND FORTY-EIGHT HOURS  AFTER  ANY  PRIMARY,  SPECIAL  OR  GENERAL
ELECTION,  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, THAT SUCH HANDBILL, POSTER, NOTICE, SIGN,
ADVERTISEMENT, STICKER OR ANY OTHER PRINTED  MATERIAL  MUST  BE  REMOVED
WITHIN THE FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER SUCH ELECTION.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04764-01-5

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