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Assembly Bill A4147

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the placement of certain offices on the ballots of general elections

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2015-A4147 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9906
2017-2018: A5381

2015-A4147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the placement of certain offices on the ballots of general elections.

2015-A4147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4147

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the placement of
  certain offices on ballots

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 42 of the public officers law,  as
amended  by  chapter  878  of  the  laws  of 1946, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. A vacancy occurring before September twentieth of any year  in  any
office  authorized  to  be  filled  at a general election, except in the
offices of governor or  lieutenant-governor,  shall  be  filled  at  the
general  election held next thereafter, unless otherwise provided by the
constitution, or unless previously filled at a special election. WHEN AN
OFFICE IS TO BE FILLED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, SUCH OFFICE SHALL APPEAR
ONLY ONCE ON THE BALLOT AT SUCH GENERAL ELECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08028-01-5

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