Assembly Bill A1703

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance

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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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2019-A1703 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S687
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §5-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A9703, S7049
2021-2022: A4232, S3617
2023-2024: A1995, S866

2019-A1703 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.

2019-A1703 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1703
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 16, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. HAWLEY, BLANKENBUSH, DiPIETRO, D'URSO, FRIEND,
   GIGLIO, LAWRENCE, MORINELLO, NORRIS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.
   CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to designating every
   government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair  and
   dispose  of  firearms as participating agencies for voter registration
   form distribution and assistance
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as  amended  by  chapter  265 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as
 follows:
   Each agency designated as a participating agency under the  provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of  voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section.
 The following offices which provide  public  assistance  and/or  provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with  disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office of children and family services,  the  office  of  temporary  and
 disability  assistance  and the department of health. Also designated as
 public assistance agencies are all agencies  of  local  government  that
 provide  such  assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies that provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities are the department of labor, office for  the  aging,  division  of
 veterans'  affairs,  office  of  mental health, office of vocational and
 educational services for individuals with  disabilities,  commission  on
 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office [of mental retardation
 and]  FOR  PEOPLE  WITH  developmental  disabilities, commission for the
 blind, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office  of
 the  advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer programs
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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