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Assembly Bill A7479

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Amends part CCC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019 amending the election law, relating to enacting the Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2019; in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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2021-A7479 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd Part CCC §6, Chap 55 of 2019

2021-A7479 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2019; makes provisions take effect on the same date and in the same manner as the New York automatic voter registration act of 2020.

2021-A7479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7479
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend part CCC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019 amending the
   election law, relating to enacting the Voter  Enfranchisement  Modern-
   ization Act of 2019, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 6 of part CCC of chapter 55 of  the  laws  of  2019
 amending  the  election law, relating to enacting the Voter Enfranchise-
 ment Modernization Act of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 6. This act shall take effect [on the earlier occurrence  of:    (i)
 two years after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the state
 board  of elections shall be authorized to implement necessary rules and
 regulations and to take steps required to implement this act  immediate-
 ly; or (ii) five days after the date of certification by the state board
 of  elections that the information technology infrastructure to substan-
 tially implement this act is functional.   Provided,  further  that  the
 state  board  of  elections  shall  notify the legislative bill drafting
 commission upon the occurrence  of  the  enactment  of  the  legislation
 provided  for  in  this act in order that the commission may maintain an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
 of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
 officers law] ON THE SAME DATE AND IN THE SAME MANNER AS CHAPTER 350  OF
 THE  LAWS OF 2020, TAKES EFFECT; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THE STATE BOARD
 OF ELECTIONS SHALL BE AUTHORIZED TO IMPLEMENT NECESSARY RULES AND  REGU-
 LATIONS AND TO TAKE STEPS REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THIS ACT IMMEDIATELY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11197-01-1

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