S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4014
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 1, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- 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 use of voting
systems by municipalities
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3-224 of the election law, as amended by chapter
180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
§ 3-224. Voting [machines] SYSTEMS; use of by other than the board of
elections. The board of elections [may] SHALL, WHENEVER POSSIBLE,
permit towns, villages, school districts, fire, ambulance, water, sani-
tation, police and other special districts within the county to use
voting [machines] SYSTEMS and other equipment owned by it and used for
the conduct of elections or for educational and instructional purposes,
upon such [rental and other] terms and conditions as shall be fixed by
[it] THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING A DETERMINATION OF COSTS NOT TO
EXCEED ACTUAL EXPENSES OF SUCH BOARD. Such board may similarly permit
the use of such [machines] SYSTEMS by associations and organizations for
the conduct of elections where it judges the use of such [machines]
SYSTEMS for elections conducted by such associations and organizations
will be in the public interest.
§ 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01089-01-1