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Assembly Bill A5056

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1087
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-200, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A9725, S8311
2023-2024: A919, S611

2025-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-A5056 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5056
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JACOBSON, GALLAGHER, LUNSFORD, REYES, SHRESTHA,
   McMAHON, BRONSON, BURKE, LAVINE, TAYLOR, PAULIN, STIRPE, TAPIA -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 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.
                                                            LBD01346-01-5

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