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Senate Bill S8445

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to county committees meeting no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified

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2021-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9419
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2-112, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: S3291, A941
2025-2026: A5061

2021-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that county committees meet no earlier than one day after the June primary is certified.

2021-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8445 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8445
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- 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  date  on  which  a
   county committee shall meet
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1  of  section  2-112  of  the
 election  law, as added by chapter 42 of the laws of 2019, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) Every county committee  shall  meet  no  earlier  than  [September
 seventeenth]  ONE  DAY  AFTER THE JUNE PRIMARY IS CERTIFIED and no later
 than October sixth following the June primary.  Until such  organization
 meeting, the existing county committee shall exercise all legal authori-
 ty.  Upon  the  conclusion  of such organization meeting, the new county
 committee shall assume all legal  authority  vested  in  the  previously
 organized county committee.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14764-01-2

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