Assembly Bill A4815

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to prohibiting election commissioners from being chairs of political parties

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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-A4815 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3309
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7000, S5266
2017-2018: A2841, S1063
2021-2022: A6893

2019-A4815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to prohibiting election commissioners from being chairs of political parties.

2019-A4815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 3309                                                  A. 4815
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and  when  printed  to  be  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Elections
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. GALEF, ARROYO, LAWRENCE, STIRPE,
   WOERNER -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  SIMON  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting election
   commissioners from being chairs of political parties
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 3-200 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 195 of the laws  of  2003,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   4.  No  person shall be appointed as election commissioner or continue
 to hold office who is not a registered voter in the county  and  not  an
 enrolled member of the party recommending his OR HER appointment, OR WHO
 IS THE CHAIR OF A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN SUCH COUNTY or who holds any
 other  public  office,  except  that  of  commissioner  of deeds, notary
 public, village officer, city or town justice,  member  of  a  community
 board  within  the  city  of  New York or trustee or officer of a school
 district outside of a city.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00246-01-9

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