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Assembly Bill A919

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York

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2023-A919 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9725
2025-2026: A5056

2023-A919 - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

2023-A919 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    919
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to making commissioners
   full time employees of the board
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 3-200 of the election law
 are amended to read as follows:
   2. Each board shall consist of two election commissioners WHO SHALL BE
 FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF THE BOARD, except  that  the  county  legislative
 body of a county having a population of more than one hundred and twenty
 thousand  may,  by  local  law,  increase the number of commissioners to
 four, to be appointed as provided in this title.    Each  of  the  major
 political parties shall be eligible to recommend appointment of an equal
 number of commissioners.
   3.  In the city of New York the board shall consist of ten commission-
 ers of election WHO SHALL BE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF THE  BOARD  AND  who
 shall  be  registered  voters in the county for which they are appointed
 and they shall be appointed by the city council of the city of New York.
 Not more than two commissioners shall be registered voters of  the  same
 county.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02147-01-3

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2023-A919A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9725
2025-2026: A5056

2023-A919A - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

2023-A919A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  919--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBSON, GALLAGHER, LUNSFORD, REYES, SHRESTHA,
   McMAHON, DICKENS --  read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
   Election  Law  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Election Law in
   accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  making  commissioners
   full time employees of the board
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section  3-200  of  the  election  law  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Each board shall consist of two election commissioners WHO SHALL BE
 FULL  TIME  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE BOARD, except that the county legislative
 body of a county having a population of  more  than  one  hundred  [and]
 twenty  thousand may, by local law, increase the number of commissioners
 to four, to be appointed as provided in this title.  Each of  the  major
 political parties shall be eligible to recommend appointment of an equal
 number of commissioners.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02147-03-4

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2023-A919B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9725
2025-2026: A5056

2023-A919B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of boards outside the city of New York.

2023-A919B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  919--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBSON, GALLAGHER, LUNSFORD, REYES, SHRESTHA,
   McMAHON, DICKENS, BRONSON, BURKE, WALLACE, BURGOS, LAVINE -- read once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and  recommitted to said committee -- again reported from said commit-
   tee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and  recommitted  to
   said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to making commissioners
   full time employees of boards outside the city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  3-200 of the election law is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. (A) Each board OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK shall  consist  of  two
 election  commissioners  WHO SHALL BE FULL TIME EMPLOYEES OF SUCH BOARD,
 except that the county legislative body of a county having a  population
 of  more  than  one  hundred  [and]  twenty  thousand may, by local law,
 increase the number of SUCH commissioners to four, to  be  appointed  as
 provided in this title.
   (B) Each of the major political parties shall be eligible to recommend
 appointment of an equal number of commissioners.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02147-07-4

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