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Mar 24, 2020 | referred to elections |
senate Bill S8131
Sponsored By
Rachel May
(D, WF) 53rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor Calendar
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed/Vetoed by Governor
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Co-Sponsors
Andrew Gounardes
(D) 22nd Senate District
S8131 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §8-407, El L
S8131 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requiring board of inspectors be employees of certain facilities; requires board of inspectors be employees of nursing homes, residential health care facilities, facilities operated or licensed, or under the jurisdiction of, the department of mental hygiene or hospitals or facilities operated by the Veteran's Administration of the United States.
S8131 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8131 SPONSOR: MAY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring board of inspectors be employees of certain facilities; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill allows employees of nursing homes and other types of health care facilities referenced in section 8-407 in the election law to serve as poll worker inspectors, and requires administrators of such nursing homes and health care facilities to assist the inspectors in discharging their duties such as making space available. If any facility does not comply, every resident of such nursing home or health care facility must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot. Current law only permits inspectors to be regular employees of the board of elections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: This bill authorizes any employees of any facility referenced
S8131 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 8131 I N S E N A T E March 24, 2020 ___________ 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 requiring board of inspectors be employees of certain facilities; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 2, 5 and 7 of section 8-407 of the election law, as added by chapter 296 of the laws of 1988, are amended and a new subdivision 7-a is added to read as follows: 2. Such a board of elections shall appoint, in the same manner as other inspectors, one or more bi-partisan boards of inspectors, each composed of two such inspectors[. Such inspectors may be regular employ- ees of such board of elections] WHO SHALL BE EMPLOYEES OF ANY FACILITY REFERENCED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION. 5. The board of elections shall deliver to each board of inspectors all the absentee ballots in the custody of such board of elections which are addressed to residents of the facilities which such board of inspec- tors is [assigned to attend] EMPLOYED AT, together with one or more portable voting booths of a type approved by the state board of elections and such other supplies as such board of inspectors will require to discharge its duties properly. 7. It shall be the duty of each such superintendent, administrator or director to assist the board of inspectors [attending] AT such facility in the discharge of its duties, including, but not limited to making available to such board of inspectors space within such facility suit- able for the discharge of its duties. 7-A. IN THE EVENT A FACILITY REFUSES TO COMPLY WITH THIS SECTION THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS MAY MAIL A BALLOT TO EVERY RESIDENT OF SUCH FACILITY WHO HAS APPLIED FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT OR IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE BY ABSEN- TEE BALLOT. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2020. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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