Assembly Bill A7837

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to time allowed for employees of schools to vote

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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-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5314
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-110, El L

2019-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to time allowed for employees of schools to vote; provides that such employees shall only be eligible for time off to vote if the employee does not have 4 consecutive non-working hours either before the polls open or before the polls close.

2019-A7837 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7837
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election  law,  in  relation  to  time  allowed  for
   employees of schools to vote
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 3-110  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  section  1 of part YY of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019, is
 amended to read as follows:
   1. A registered voter may, without loss of pay for up to three  hours,
 take  off  so much working time as will enable him or her to vote at any
 election PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT EMPLOYEES OF PUBLIC  SCHOOL  DISTRICTS,
 CHARTER  SCHOOLS,  NONPUBLIC  SCHOOLS,  AND BOARDS OF COOPERATIVE EDUCA-
 TIONAL SERVICES SHALL ONLY BE ELIGIBLE FOR SUCH TIME OFF IF THE EMPLOYEE
 DOES NOT HAVE FOUR CONSECUTIVE  NON-WORKING  HOURS  EITHER  BETWEEN  THE
 OPENING  OF  THE POLLS AND THE BEGINNING OF HIS OR HER WORKING SHIFT, OR
 BETWEEN THE END OF HIS OR HER WORKING  SHIFT  AND  THE  CLOSING  OF  THE
 POLLS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11315-01-9

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