Senate Bill S4731

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  4731

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FUNKE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing  the  require-
  ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes
  of petitions

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132  of  the  election  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  447  of  the  laws  of 2006, is amended to read as
follows:
  3.  In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly  quali-
fied  voter  of  the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of  deeds  shall  be
accepted:
  On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
.............  (fill  in number) signatures, who signed same in my pres-
ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
that the foregoing statement made and subscribed  by  him  or  her,  was
true]  AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT IS
LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
TO THE  NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
Date:..................

                                        .............................
                                        (Signature and official title
                                        of officer administering oath)
  S 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  2. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
fied  voter  of  the state qualified to sign the petition, the following
statement signed by a notary public or commissioner of  deeds  shall  be
accepted:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
.......... (fill  in  number) signatures, who signed same in my presence
[and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said that
the  foregoing  statement  made  and subscribed by him or her, was true]
AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT IS LISTED
AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO THE
NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
Date: ......................

                                   ................................
                                   (Signature and official title
                                    of officer administering oath)
  S 3. The closing paragraph of subdivision 1 of section  6-204  of  the
election  law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended
to read as follows:
  In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  qualified
voter  of the state qualified to sign the petition, the following state-
ment signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
  On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in  my  pres-
ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
that  the  foregoing  statement  made  and subscribed by him or her, was
true] AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT  IS
LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
TO THE NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
Date..................

                     ...............................
                     (Signature and official title
                     of officer administering oath)

    Page No........
  S 4. Subdivision 2 of section 6-206 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 447 of the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows:
  2.  In  lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
fied voter of the state qualified to sign the  petition,  the  following
statement signed by a notary public shall be accepted:
  On  the  dates  above  indicated before me personally came each of the
voters   whose   signatures    appear    on    this    petition    sheet
containing ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in
my  presence  [and  who,  being  by  me  duly sworn, each for himself or
herself, said that the foregoing statement made and subscribed by him or
her, was true] AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON
THAT IS LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE  BOARD  OF
ELECTIONS TO THE  NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.

Date:..................

                      ...............................
                      (Signature and official title
                       of officer administering oath)
    Page No........
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.