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                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MYRIE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the election  law
   relating  to  establishing  the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New
   York, establishing rights of action for denying or  abridging  of  the
   right of any member of a protected class to vote, providing assistance
   to  language-minority groups, requiring certain political subdivisions
   to receive preclearance for potential violations  of  the  NYVRA,  and
   creating civil liability for voter intimidation, as proposed in legis-
   lative  bills  numbers  S.  1046-E  and  A. 6678-E, in relation to the
   effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  5  of a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the
 election law relating to establishing the John R.  Lewis  Voting  Rights
 Act  of New York, establishing rights of action for denying or abridging
 of the right of any member of  a  protected  class  to  vote,  providing
 assistance  to  language-minority  groups,  requiring  certain political
 subdivisions to receive preclearance for  potential  violations  of  the
 NYVRA,  and creating civil liability for voter intimidation, as proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 1046-E and A. 6678-E, is amended to read
 as follows:
   § 5. This act shall take effect [immediately; provided, however,  that
 paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of section 17-206 of the election law
 as added by section four of this act shall take effect one year after it
 shall  have  become a law; and provided further, however,] JULY 1, 2023;
 PROVIDED that section 17-208 of the election law  as  added  by  section
 four  of  this  act  shall  take  effect three years after it shall have
 become a law; and provided further, however, that section 17-210 of  the
 election  law,  as  added by section four of this act, shall take effect
 one year after the attorney general certifies that  the  office  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03949-01-3
              

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 attorney  general  is prepared to execute the duties assigned in section
 four of this act, if after the  expiration  of  one  year  the  attorney
 general  requires  more  time to certify that the office of the attorney
 general  is  prepared  to execute the duties assigned in section four of
 this act, the attorney general, may, for good cause shown, apply to  the
 governor  for  such an extension of time. The governor may grant or deny
 an extension of up to one year according to his or her  discretion.  The
 attorney  general  shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
 upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for  in
 section  four  of  this act in order that the commission may maintain an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
 of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
 officers law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.