Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 02, 2021 |
approval memo.14 |
Jul 30, 2021 |
signed chap.320 delivered to governor |
Jun 10, 2021 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.742 substituted for a8028 referred to election law delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 09, 2021 |
ordered to third reading cal.1720 |
Jun 07, 2021 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S7227
Signed By Governor2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 20th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2021-S7227 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8028
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §42, Pub Off L
2021-S7227 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices; provides that a special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in any other office subject to a proclamation by the governor unless the vacancy occurs before the first day of April of the last year of the term of office.
2021-S7227 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7227 SPONSOR: MYRIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices PURPOSE: To require that the governor call a special election within 10 days of a vacancy in an elective office; to shorten the time frame for holding such special election for all offices except representative in congress; and to provide a deadline after which a special election will not be held. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of the bill amends subdivision 3 of Public Officers Law § 42 to require that the governor shall issue a proclamation for a special
2021-S7227 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7227 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 7, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the dates by which the governor may make proclamation of a special election to fill certain offices THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivisions 3 and 4 of section 42 of the public officers law, subdivision 3 as amended by chapter 4 of the laws of 2011 and subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 5 of the laws of 2019, are amended to read as follows: 3. Upon the failure to elect to any office, except that of governor or lieutenant-governor, at a general or special election, at which such office is authorized to be filled, or upon the death or disqualification of a person elected to office before the commencement of his or her official term, or upon the occurrence of a vacancy in any elective office which cannot be filled by appointment for a period extending to or beyond the next general election at which a person may be elected thereto, the governor [may in his or her discretion] SHALL make procla- mation of a special election to fill such office WITHIN TEN DAYS OF THE OCCURRENCE OF A VACANCY, specifying the district or county in which the election is to be held, and the day thereof, which shall be: A. not less than seventy nor more than eighty days from the date of the proclamation TO FILL A VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS; AND B. NOT LESS THAN FORTY DAYS NOR MORE THAN FIFTY DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE PROCLAMATION TO FILL A VACANCY IN ANY OTHER OFFICE. 4. A. A special election shall not be held to fill a vacancy in the office of a representative in congress unless such vacancy occurs on or before the first day of July of the last year of the term of office, or unless it occurs thereafter and a special session of congress is called EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11710-02-1
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