Assembly Bill A10529

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the convening of meetings by county election committees during the COVID-19 pandemic

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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-A10529 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Elections

2019-A10529 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the convening of meetings by county election committees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-A10529 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   10529
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 28, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  the  convening of meetings by county election
   committees during the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the  repeal
   of such provisions upon expiration thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  section  2-112  of  the
 election  law  or  any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the
 contrary, county committees shall  meet  and  organize  as  provided  in
 section  2-112  of  the  election law between 100 and 120 days after the
 Governor has declared that the  social  distancing  restrictions  imple-
 mented  in  response  to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic state
 disaster emergency declared by Executive Order Number 202 of  2020  have
 been  eased  sufficiently to allow meetings in excess of 500 persons, or
 in cities with a population in excess of one million, 1000  persons,  to
 be legally convened. Such county committees, elected and organized prior
 to  January  1,  2020  and  their previously elected officers, rules and
 members, shall continue to possess  and  exercise  all  legal  authority
 until after such subsequent organization as provided in this act.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
 deemed repealed June 30, 2021.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16513-01-0



              

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