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Assembly Bill A7759

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to judicial proceedings for designating or nominating petition or certificate

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2017-A7759 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6281
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-102, El L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A8666

2017-A7759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to judicial proceedings; provides that any person may assert the validity of designating or nominating petition or certificate.

2017-A7759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7759
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to judicial proceedings
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 16-102 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 79 of the  laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A proceeding with respect to a petition shall be instituted within
 fourteen days after the last day to file the petition, or  within  three
 business  days  after the officer or board with whom or which such peti-
 tion was filed, makes a determination of  invalidity  OR  VALIDITY  with
 respect  to  such petition, whichever is later; except that a proceeding
 with respect to a petition for a  village  election  or  an  independent
 nomination  for a special election shall be instituted within seven days
 after the last day to file the petition for  such  village  election  or
 independent  nomination  or within three business days after the officer
 or board with whom or which such petition was filed,  makes  a  determi-
 nation  of invalidity with respect to such petition, whichever is later.
 A proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of  a  party
 committee, or caucus shall be instituted within ten days after the hold-
 ing  of  such  primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of
 nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law.    Effective  immediately, the addition, amendment
 and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the  implementa-
 tion  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or
 before such date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11684-01-7

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