Assembly Bill A5257

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the acceptance of nominations for office or for a party position

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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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2021-A5257 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-146, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10524
2019-2020: A3160

2021-A5257 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the acceptance of nominations for office or for a party position and the constitutional and statutory requirements for such office or position.

2021-A5257 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5257
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the acceptance of nomi-
   nations for office or for a party position
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  6-146  of  the  election  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A  person  designated  as  a candidate for nomination or for party
 position, or nominated for  an  office,  otherwise  than  at  a  primary
 election,  may,  in a certificate signed and acknowledged by him OR HER,
 and filed as provided in this article, decline the designation or  nomi-
 nation; provided, however, that, if designated or nominated for a public
 office other than a judicial office by a party of which he OR SHE is not
 a  duly  enrolled  member,  or  if  designated or nominated for a public
 office other than a judicial office by more than one party or  independ-
 ent  body  or  by  an  independent  body  alone, such person shall, in a
 certificate signed and acknowledged by him OR HER, and filed as provided
 in this article, accept the designation or nomination as a candidate  of
 each  such  party  or  independent  body other than that of the party of
 which he OR SHE is an enrolled member, AND STATE THAT HE  OR  SHE  IS  A
 CITIZEN  OF  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK; IS ELIGIBLE TO BE ELECTED TO SUCH
 OFFICE OR POSITION; AND, IF ELECTED WILL AT THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT  OF
 THE TERM OF SUCH OFFICE OR POSITION, MEET THE CONSTITUTIONAL OR STATUTO-
 RY QUALIFICATIONS THEREOF OR, WITH RESPECT TO JUDICIAL OFFICE, WILL MEET
 SUCH  QUALIFICATIONS  WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERM
 OF SUCH OFFICE, otherwise such designation or nomination shall  be  null
 and void.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01463-01-1

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