Assembly Bill A8392

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that the text to be used in a proposed amendment, proposition or question to be submitted to the people for approval shall be in the legislation proposing such amendment; repealer

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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-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4757
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-108, rpld §4-108 sub 3, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S2016
2021-2022: S3780
2023-2024: S1511

2017-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the text to be used in a proposed amendment, proposition or question to be submitted to the people for approval shall be in the legislation proposing such amendment, proposition or question and shall not be altered without approval by the legislature.

2017-A8392 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8392
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. LENTOL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to language used in a
   proposed amendment, proposition or question to  be  submitted  to  the
   people  for  their  approval; and to repeal certain provisions of such
   law relating thereto

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 4-108 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 136 of the laws  of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  The  form in which the proposed amendment, proposition or question
 is to be submitted shall consist of only an abbreviated title indicating
 generally and briefly, and in a clear and coherent  manner  using  words
 with common and every-day meanings, the subject matter of the amendment,
 proposition or question. THE TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT, PROPOSITION OR QUES-
 TION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPROVAL PURSUANT TO SUBDI-
 VISION  ONE  OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT OF THE LEGIS-
 LATION PROPOSING SUCH AMENDMENT, PROPOSITION OR QUESTION.  THE  TEXT  OF
 SUCH  PROPOSED AMENDMENT, PROPOSITION OR QUESTION TO BE SUBMITTED TO THE
 PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE ALTERED WITHOUT THE  APPROVAL  OF
 THE  LEGISLATURE.  If more than one such amendment, proposition or ques-
 tion is to be voted upon at such election, each such amendment, proposi-
 tion or question respectively  shall  be  separately  and  consecutively
 numbered.
   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 4-108 of the election law is REPEALED.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09661-01-7

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