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Assembly Bill A7488A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to obtaining written acceptance from candidates for certain county committees

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2019-A7488 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5428
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-134, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4236, S326
2023-2024: A494, S6199

2019-A7488 - Summary

Relates to obtaining written consent from candidates for certain county committees; requires written acceptance, duly acknowledged, from such candidates to be so designated to be filed within ten days of designating petitions for certain committee candidates.

2019-A7488 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7488
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  obtaining  written
   consent from candidates for county committees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14.  IN  THE  CASE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION FOR ELECTION TO THE PARTY
 POSITION OF MEMBER  OF  THE  COUNTY  COMMITTEE,  A  CANDIDATE'S  WRITTEN
 CONSENT TO BE SO DESIGNATED, DULY ACKNOWLEDGED, SHALL BE APPENDED TO THE
 SHEETS OF SUCH DESIGNATING PETITION DELIVERED TO THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11405-01-9

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2019-A7488A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5428
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-134, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A4236, S326
2023-2024: A494, S6199

2019-A7488A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to obtaining written consent from candidates for certain county committees; requires written acceptance, duly acknowledged, from such candidates to be so designated to be filed within ten days of designating petitions for certain committee candidates.

2019-A7488A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7488--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN, MOSLEY, GOTTFRIED -- Multi-Sponsored by
   -- M. of A.   RAMOS -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  obtaining  written
   consent from candidates for certain county committees
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 14 to read as follows:
   14.  IN  THE  CASE OF A DESIGNATING PETITION FOR ELECTION TO THE PARTY
 POSITION OF MEMBER OF A COUNTY COMMITTEE LOCATED WITHIN A CITY HAVING  A
 POPULATION  OF  ONE MILLION OR MORE, A CANDIDATE'S WRITTEN ACCEPTANCE TO
 BE SO DESIGNATED, DULY ACKNOWLEDGED, SHALL BE DELIVERED TO THE BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE FILING OF SUCH DESIGNATING PETITION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11405-07-9

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