Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A10538

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of voting systems by municipalities

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

co-Sponsors

2017-A10538 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-224, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A1864
2021-2022: A4238

2017-A10538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of voting systems by municipalities; provides for the determination of actual expenses of the board.

2017-A10538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10538
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 4, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to the use of voting
   systems by municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  3-224 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3-224. Voting [machines] SYSTEMS; use of by other than the board  of
 elections.    The  board  of  elections  [may] SHALL, WHENEVER POSSIBLE,
 permit towns, villages, school districts, fire, ambulance, water,  sani-
 tation,  police  and  other  special  districts within the county to use
 voting [machines] SYSTEMS and other equipment owned by it and  used  for
 the  conduct of elections or for educational and instructional purposes,
 upon such [rental and other] terms and conditions as shall be  fixed  by
 [it]  THE  BOARD OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING A DETERMINATION OF COSTS NOT TO
 EXCEED ACTUAL EXPENSES OF SUCH BOARD. Such board  may  similarly  permit
 the use of such [machines] SYSTEMS by associations and organizations for
 the  conduct  of  elections  where  it judges the use of such [machines]
 SYSTEMS for elections conducted by such associations  and  organizations
 will be in the public interest.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A                                                          LBD15542-01-8

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.