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Assembly Bill A1615

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?"

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2017-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S386
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Elections
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8213, S3526
2011-2012: A1964, S712
2013-2014: A391, S4051
2015-2016: A4167, S2176
2019-2020: A1687, S62
2021-2022: A5591, S7314
2023-2024: A1978, S6567
2025-2026: A2268, S3427

2017-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?"

2017-A1615 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1615
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. HAWLEY, GIGLIO, FRIEND, WALTER, CROUCH, BUTLER,
   PALMESANO, DiPIETRO, MURRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to provide for a referendum on the question "Do you  support  the
   division of New York into two separate states?"; and providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. There shall be submitted to the voters of the  state  at  a
 general election held on or before December 31, 2019 the following ques-
 tion:  "Do  you  support  the  division  of  New  York into two separate
 states?"
   § 2. Such question shall be submitted in the manner  provided  in  the
 election law, and the provisions of such law, not inconsistent with this
 act,  relating  to  the  submission  of  and to the taking, counting and
 returning of the vote and canvassing the results upon a question submit-
 ted pursuant to law to the voters of the state shall apply to the  ques-
 tion  herein required to be submitted. The ballots shall be in such form
 as prescribed by such law. When the  board  of  elections    shall  have
 completed  its canvass of the results of the vote upon such question, it
 shall forthwith certify the results of the vote upon  such  question  to
 the secretary of the senate and clerk of the assembly.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire January
 1, 2020 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall  be  deemed
 repealed.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01027-01-7

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