S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10191
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 24, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the defi-
nition of "population" for purposes of providing substantially equal
weight for the population of that local government in the allocation
of representation in the local legislative body
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Clause (c.) of subparagraph 13 of paragraph a of subdivi-
sion 1 of section 10 of the municipal home rule law, as amended by
section 119 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
amended to read as follows:
(c.) As used in this subparagraph the term "population" shall mean
residents[, citizens, or registered voters]. For such purposes, no
person shall be deemed to have gained or lost a residence, or to have
become a resident of a local government, as defined in subdivision eight
of section two of this chapter, by reason of being subject to the juris-
diction of the department of corrections and community supervision and
present in a state correctional facility pursuant to such jurisdiction.
A population base for such a plan of apportionment shall utilize the
latest statistical information obtainable from an official enumeration
done at the same time for all the residents[, citizens, or registered
voters] of the local government. Such a plan may allocate, by extrapo-
lation or any other rational method, such latest statistical information
to representation areas or units of local government, provided that any
plan containing such an allocation shall have annexed thereto as an
appendix, a detailed explanation of the allocation.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15538-01-0
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