Assembly Bill A9947

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position under special circumstance

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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-A9947 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-159, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A2736
2025-2026: A559

2021-A9947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position if the person designated or nominated has received a diagnosis of a life-threatening illness, has been indicted for a crime or has resigned the office for which they are nominated or designated to run for re-election.

2021-A9947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9947
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 19, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. PAULIN, GALEF, LAVINE, L. ROSENTHAL, DICKENS,
   ABINANTI, SEAWRIGHT, ENGLEBRIGHT, COLTON, GALLAGHER, BURDICK, GRIFFIN,
   KELLES, SAYEGH, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
   Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to providing for the
   declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a  party
   position under special circumstances
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new  section  6-159
 to read as follows:
   § 6-159. SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE DECLINATION. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DATE
 SPECIFIED IN THE NOTICE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 6-144 OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE,  A  PERSON  DESIGNATED  AS  A CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION OR FOR PARTY
 POSITION, OR NOMINATED FOR AN OFFICE, MAY, IN A CERTIFICATE  SIGNED  AND
 ACKNOWLEDGED  BY HIM OR HER, AND FILED NO LATER THAN THREE BUSINESS DAYS
 BEFORE THE CERTIFICATION OF THE BALLOT  FOR  AN  ELECTION,  DECLINE  THE
 DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUM-
 STANCES:
   (A) THE PERSON HAS RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS OF A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS;
   (B) THE PERSON HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR A CRIME; OR
   (C) THE PERSON HAS RESIGNED THE OFFICE FOR WHICH THEY ARE NOMINATED OR
 DESIGNATED TO RUN FOR RE-ELECTION, FOR ANY REASON.
   2.  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE REGARDING FILLING A VACANCY WHEN A
 DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION IS DECLINED SHALL APPLY FOLLOWING THE CREATION
 OF VACANCY DUE TO SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES AS HEREIN PROVIDED, EXCEPT  THAT
 THE  CERTIFICATE  OF  SUBSTITUTION  SHALL BE RECEIVED BY THE APPROPRIATE
 BOARD OF ELECTIONS NOT LATER THAN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER SUCH  DECLINA-
 TION IS RECEIVED BY THE BOARD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15373-03-2

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