Senate Bill S611B

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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2023-S611 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8311

2023-S611 - Summary

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

2023-S611 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S611 - 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

co-Sponsors

2023-S611A - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8311

2023-S611A - Summary

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

2023-S611A - Sponsor Memo

2023-S611A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  611--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAYER, MAY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Elections  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  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 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.
                                                            LBD02147-02-4

co-Sponsors

2023-S611B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8311

2023-S611B (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2023-S611B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S611B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  611--B
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. MAYER, MAY, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Elections  --
   recommitted  to  the  Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate
   Rule  6,  sec.  8  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee -- reported
   favorably from said  committee  and  committed  to  the  Committee  on
   Finance  --  committee  discharged, bill amended, 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.
                                                            LBD02147-06-4

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