Assembly Bill A11052

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to military voters and ballots for certain elections

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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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2017-A11052 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2976
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §2018-d, amd §2613, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3824
2015-2016: S4664
2019-2020: A7293, S5184

2017-A11052 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to military voters and ballots for election of members of the board of education and school district public library trustees, and the adoption of the annual budget and school district public library budget and referenda.

2017-A11052 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11052
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 1, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  military  voters  and
   ballots  for  election of members of the board of education and school
   district public library trustees, and the adoption of the annual budg-
   et and school district public library budget and referenda

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 2018-d
 to read as follows:
   §  2018-D.  MILITARY VOTERS. 1. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING
 TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "MILITARY SERVICE" MEANS THE MILITARY SERVICE OF THE STATE, OR  OF
 THE  UNITED  STATES,  INCLUDING THE ARMY, NAVY, MARINE CORPS, AIR FORCE,
 COAST GUARD, MERCHANT MARINE AND ALL COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND  THE  COAST
 AND  GEODETIC SURVEY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, THE NATIONAL GUARD WHEN
 IN THE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO CALL AS PROVIDED BY LAW,
 AND THE CADETS OR MIDSHIPMEN OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  MILITARY  ACADEMY,
 UNITED  STATES NAVAL ACADEMY, UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND UNITED
 STATES COAST GUARD ACADEMY.
   (B) "MILITARY VOTER" MEANS A QUALIFIED VOTER OF THE STATE OF NEW  YORK
 WHO  IS  IN ACTUAL MILITARY SERVICE, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS
 SUBDIVISION, AND BY REASON OF SUCH MILITARY SERVICE IS ABSENT  FROM  HIS
 OR  HER  DISTRICT ON THE DAY OF REGISTRATION OR ELECTION, OR A VOTER WHO
 IS DISCHARGED FROM SUCH  MILITARY  SERVICE  WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  OF  AN
 ELECTION AND THE SPOUSE, PARENT, CHILD OR DEPENDENT OF SUCH VOTER ACCOM-
 PANYING OR BEING WITH HIM OR HER, IF A QUALIFIED VOTER AND A RESIDENT OF
 THE SAME SCHOOL DISTRICT.
   (C)  "MILITARY BALLOT" MEANS THE BALLOT PREPARED, PRINTED AND SUPPLIED
 FOR USE BY THE MILITARY FOR THE ELECTION OF  MEMBERS  OF  THE  BOARD  OF
 EDUCATION  AND  SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY TRUSTEES, THE ADOPTION OF
 THE ANNUAL BUDGET AND SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY BUDGET AND REFEREN-
 DA.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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