Assembly Bill A9970

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Changes minimum time for setting a special election to 50 days from the governor's proclamation and maximum time to 60 days

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A9970 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A1970
2011-2012: A3619
2013-2014: A2855

2015-A9970 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes minimum time for setting a special election to 50 days from the governor's proclamation and maximum time to 60 days.

2015-A9970 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  9970

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 2, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  the  time  for
  setting a special election

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 42 of the public officers law,  as
amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  3. Upon the failure to elect to any office, except that of governor or
lieutenant-governor,  at  a  general  or special election, at which such
office is authorized to be filled, or upon the death or disqualification
of a person elected to office before the  commencement  of  his  or  her
official  term,  or  upon  the  occurrence  of a vacancy in any elective
office which cannot be filled by appointment for a period  extending  to
or  beyond  the  next  general election at which a person may be elected
thereto, the governor may in his or her discretion make proclamation  of
a special election to fill such office, specifying the district or coun-
ty in which the election is to be held, and the day thereof, which shall
be  not less than [seventy] FIFTY nor more than [eighty] SIXTY days from
the date of the proclamation.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08674-01-5

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