Assembly Bill A919A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Makes commissioners full time employees of the board

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2023-A919 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S611
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9725, S8311

2023-A919 - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of the board.

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 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S611
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9725, S8311

2023-A919A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes commissioners full time employees of the board.

2023-A919A (ACTIVE) - 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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