senate Bill S611

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes commissioners full time employees of the board

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
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    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jan 10, 2023 referred to election law
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Jan 09, 2023 ordered to third reading cal.10
reported and committed to rules
Jan 05, 2023 referred to elections

Votes

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Jan 9, 2023 - Elections committee Vote

S611
5
2
committee
5
Aye
2
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Elections Committee Vote: Jan 9, 2023

nay (2)

Jan 9, 2023 - Rules committee Vote

S611
14
5
committee
14
Aye
5
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
2
Excused
0
Abstained
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S611 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A919
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8311, A9725

S611 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of the board.

S611 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    611
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  MAYER, MAY -- 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  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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