Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A5381

2017-2018 Legislative Session

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

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

Bill Amendments

2017-A5381 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9906
2015-2016: A4147

2017-A5381 - Summary

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

2017-A5381 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5381
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09395-01-7

2017-A5381A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §42, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9906
2015-2016: A4147

2017-A5381A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2017-A5381A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5381--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 8, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Election  Law  --  recommitted to the Committee on Election Law in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee

 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law  and  the  election  law,  in
   relation  to  the  placement  of  certain  offices on general election
   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 A
 SPECIAL ELECTION HAS NOT BEEN CALLED TO FILL A VACANCY, AND  THE  OFFICE
 IS  TO  BE  FILLED  AT THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MORE THAN ONE SEQUENTIAL
 PERIOD, THEN SUCH OFFICE SHALL APPEAR ONLY ONCE ON THE  BALLOT  AT  SUCH
 GENERAL ELECTION.
   § 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-149 to read
 as follows:
   §  6-149.  FILLING  VACANCIES  AT THE GENERAL ELECTION. WHEN A SPECIAL
 ELECTION HAS NOT BEEN CALLED TO FILL A VACANCY, AND THE OFFICE IS TO  BE
 FILLED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION FOR MORE THAN ONE SEQUENTIAL PERIOD, THEN
 THEN  SUCH  OFFICE  SHALL APPEAR ONLY ONCE ON THE BALLOT AT SUCH GENERAL
 ELECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09395-03-8

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.