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Senate Bill S5474

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to filing name of new political party

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2019-S5474 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6713
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-124, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A7404
2021-2022: S8263, A6695

2019-S5474 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires a new party to file a certificate following the election at which the party obtains party status.

2019-S5474 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5474 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5474
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  filing  name  of  new
   political party
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  2-124  of  the  election  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  The  state  committee of a party shall select a name and emblem to
 distinguish the candidates  of  the  party  for  public  office  in  all
 districts  of the state, and shall file in the office of the state board
 of elections, a certificate executed  by  its  chairman  and  secretary,
 setting  forth the name and showing the emblem so selected.  A NEW PARTY
 SHALL FILE SUCH FIRST CERTIFICATE NOT LATER THAN THE LAST DAY OF  FEBRU-
 ARY  FOLLOWING  THE ELECTION AT WHICH THE PARTY OBTAINS PARTY STATUS AND
 SHALL TAKE EFFECT UPON FILING. ANY OTHER CERTIFICATE FILED CHANGING  THE
 NAME  OF  A PARTY SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON THE LAST DAY OF JANUARY AFTER THE
 NEXT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10652-01-9

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