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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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Senate Bill S4727
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 33rd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2021-S4727 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6-136, El L
2021-S4727 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4727 SPONSOR: RIVERA TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to eliminating the signa- ture requirement for designating petitions for certain candidates PURPOSE: To amend the election law, in relation to eliminating the signature requirement for designating petitions for certain candidates SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends election law to remove the signature requirement: (1) for a candidate running within the city of New York who is receiving public matching funds pursuant to the provisions of chapter seven of title three of the administrative code of the city of New York.
2021-S4727 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4727 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 10, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RIVERA -- 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 eliminating the signa- ture requirement for designating petitions for certain candidates THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (c-1) of subdivision 2 of section 6-136 of the election law, as amended by chapter 22 of the laws of 2021, are amended to read as follows: (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid- ing for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be filled by all voters of the city of New York, two thousand two hundred fifty signatures, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THERE SHALL BE NO SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT FOR A CANDIDATE WHO IS RECEIVING PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER SEVEN OF TITLE THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid- ing for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be filled by all the voters of any county or borough within the city of New York, one thousand two hundred signatures, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THERE SHALL BE NO SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT FOR A CANDIDATE WHO IS RECEIVING PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER SEVEN OF TITLE THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; (c) Notwithstanding any provision of the New York city charter provid- ing for greater thresholds to the contrary, for any office to be filled in the city of New York by all the voters of any municipal court district, four hundred fifty signatures, PROVIDED HOWEVER, THERE SHALL BE NO SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT FOR A CANDIDATE WHO IS RECEIVING PUBLIC MATCHING FUNDS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER SEVEN OF TITLE THREE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09301-01-1
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