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Assembly Bill A1408

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides no county shall supersede any state law which relates to the division of any county into districts for the purpose of apportionment

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2015-A1408 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Municipal Home Rule Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง34, Munic Home R L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A782
2011-2012: A142
2013-2014: A501
2017-2018: A446
2019-2020: A426
2021-2022: A229

2015-A1408 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides no county shall supercede any state law which relates to the division of any county into districts for the purpose of apportionment of members of its local legislative body, subject to federal and state constitutional requirements.

2015-A1408 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1408

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ORTIZ, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.    CAHILL,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY  --  read  once  and
  referred to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
  of  a  county  into  districts for the apportionment of members of its
  local legislative body

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph g of subdivision 3 of section 34 of the munici-
pal home rule law is relettered paragraph h and a  new  paragraph  g  is
added to read as follows:
  G.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF THIS CHAPTER OR OF
ANY OTHER GENERAL, SPECIAL, OR LOCAL LAW, OR ANY CODE, ORDINANCE,  CHAR-
TER,  RULE,  OR  REGULATION, WHICH RELATES TO THE DIVISION OF ANY COUNTY
EXCEPT A COUNTY WHOLLY CONTAINED WITHIN A CITY, INTO DISTRICTS  FOR  THE
PURPOSE  OF THE APPORTIONMENT OR REAPPORTIONMENT OF MEMBERS OF ITS LOCAL
LEGISLATIVE BODY PURSUANT TO THIS CHAPTER, SUBJECT TO FEDERAL AND  STATE
CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS;
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04859-01-5

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