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Senate Bill S5860

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to signatures for designating petitions for the counties of Erie and Nassau and makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to designating petitions

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2019-S5860 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-136, El L; amd §2, Chap 17 of 2019; amd §2, Chap 18 of 2019; amd §2, Chap 22 of 2019

2019-S5860 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to signatures for designating petitions for the counties of Erie and Nassau; makes permanent certain provisions of law relating to designating petitions.

2019-S5860 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S5860 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5860
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 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 signatures  for  desig-
   nating petitions for the counties of Erie and Nassau; to amend chapter
   17  of  the  laws  of  2019, amending the election law relating to the
   number of signatures for designating petitions in the  year  2019,  in
   relation  to making the provisions of such chapter permanent; to amend
   chapter 18 of the laws of 2019, amending the election law relating  to
   signatures  for  certain  party  positions,  in relation to making the
   provisions of such chapter permanent; and to amend chapter 22  of  the
   laws  of  2019,  amending  the election law relating to signatures for
   designating petitions for certain political subdivisions, in  relation
   to making the provisions of such chapter permanent
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 6-136  of  the  election  law,  as
 added by chapter 17 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Except for the city of New York and notwithstanding subdivision two
 of  this  section,  for  designations  made by petition [in the year two
 thousand nineteen], the signature requirement numbers  stated  in  para-
 graphs  (a)  through  (l)  of  subdivision  two of this section shall be
 reduced by one-quarter, rounded down to the nearest whole number.
   § 2. Subdivision 5 of section 6-136 of the election law, as  added  by
 chapter 22 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  two of this section, for designating
 petitions for political subdivisions outside the city of New  York  [and
 the  counties  of Erie and Nassau], except for the position of member of
 ward, town, city or county committee, such petitions must be  signed  by
 not  less than three and three-quarters per centum, as determined by the
 preceding enrollment, of the then enrolled voters of the party  residing
 within the political unit in which the office or position is to be voted
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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