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Assembly Bill A8205

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to declining party nominations after primary elections

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2019-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5462
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-158, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A4142, S613

2019-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to declining party nominations after primary elections; provides that a certificate to fill a vacancy by declination shall be filed not later than twenty days after such declination has been filed.

2019-A8205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8205
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 7, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. NIOU -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to declining  party  nomi-
   nations after primary elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6-158 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15.  (A)  A  PERSON  WHO HAS BEEN DESIGNATED FOR NOMINATION FOR PUBLIC
 OFFICE BY ANY PARTY OR PARTIES AND WHO THEREAFTER DOES NOT  RECEIVE  ONE
 OR  MORE  SUCH NOMINATIONS MAY DECLINE ANY NOMINATION OR NOMINATIONS FOR
 SUCH OFFICE BY FILING A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION NOT  LATER  THAN  THE
 FIFTEENTH DAY AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   (B)  A  CERTIFICATE TO FILL  A VACANCY BY DECLINATION PURSUANT TO THIS
 SUBDIVISION SHALL BE FILED NOT LATER THAN TWENTY DAYS AFTER SUCH  DECLI-
 NATION HAS BEEN FILED.
   §  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09178-04-9

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