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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Senate Bill S7675
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-S7675 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §1-104, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
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S6155
2019-S7675 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7675 SPONSOR: BOYLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the definition of the term party PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill sets the number of votes that must be received in the last gubernatorial election that are needed for a political organization to count as a party to 50,000 for all elections conducted on and after January, 1, 2020. This bill also makes Paragraph A of part IV of the final report of the campaign finance commission, issue on December 1, 2019, pursuant of part XXX of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, which changed the definition of the term `party' in subdivision 3 of section 1-105 of the election law, null and void. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2019-S7675 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7675 I N S E N A T E February 5, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 the definition of the term party THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1-104 of the election law is amended by adding a new subdivision 3-a to read as follows: 3-A. FOR ELECTIONS CONDUCTED ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY, THE TERM "PARTY" MEANS ANY POLITICAL ORGANIZATION WHICH AT THE LAST PRECEDING ELECTION FOR GOVERNOR POLLED AT LEAST FIFTY THOUSAND VOTES FOR ITS CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR. § 2. Paragraph A of part IV of the final report of the campaign finance reform commission, issued on December 1, 2019, and made pursuant to part XXX of chapter 59 of the laws of 2019, recommending changes to the definition of the term "party" in subdivision 3 of section 1-104 of the election law, shall have been null and void and shall have no force or effect of law. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15043-02-0
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