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Assembly Bill A8622

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations

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2015-A8622 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6673
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง6-128 & 6-138, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2364, S4597
2019-2020: A2047, S5974

2015-A8622 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the change of name of any independent body making nominations.

2015-A8622 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8622

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            December 16, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  prohibiting  the  name
  change of any independent body making nominations

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of  section  6-128  of  the
election law is amended to read as follows:
  (a)  The  name  of the party filing the nominations WHICH SHALL NOT BE
ALTERED OR MODIFIED ONCE SUBMITTED.
  S 2. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section  6-138  of  the  election
law,  as  amended by chapter 306 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read
as follows:
  a. The name selected for the independent body  making  the  nomination
shall be in English characters and shall not include the name or part of
the  name  or an abbreviation of the name or part of the name, nor shall
the emblem or name be of such a configuration as to create the possibil-
ity of confusion with the emblem or name of a then  existing  party,  or
the emblem or name of an independent body selected by a previously filed
independent  nominating petition for the same office. SUCH NAME SELECTED
FOR SUCH INDEPENDENT BODY SHALL CONTINUOUSLY REMAIN  THE  NAME  OF  SUCH
PARTY AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION 1-104 OF THIS CHAPTER.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13223-02-5

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