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Assembly Bill A438

Signed By Governor

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to not including the process for declining designation to a county committee party position in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York

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2025-A438 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S810
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-134, El L (as proposed in S.6199-B & A.494-B)

2025-A438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the process for declining designation to a county committee party position does not need to be included in the notice provided by the board of elections of the city of New York of such party position designation.

2025-A438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    438
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to not including the proc-
   ess for declining designation to a county committee party position  in
   the notice provided by the board of elections of 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 14 of section 6-134 of  the  election  law,  as
 added  by a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the election law relat-
 ing to notifying candidates of designation for  certain  county  commit-
 tees,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6199-B and A. 494-B,
 is amended to read as follows:
   14. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon receipt
 of a designating  petition  pursuant  to  this  section,  the  board  of
 elections of the city of New York shall provide notice to each candidate
 designated in such petition for election to a party position of a county
 committee  located  within the city of New York informing such candidate
 of such designation [and the process for declining such  designation  in
 accordance with the provisions of section 6-146 of this article].
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2024 amending the election law relat-
 ing to notifying candidates of designation for  certain  county  commit-
 tees,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 6199-B and A. 494-B,
 takes effect.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02854-01-5

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