Bill Text: NY A01593 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to mandatory training curriculum for election commissioners and key staff of boards of elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to election law [A01593 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A01593-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1593
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEAWRIGHT  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Election Law
        AN ACT to amend the election law,  in  relation  to  mandatory  training
          curriculum  for  election  commissioners  and  key  staff of boards of
          elections
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-213
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 3-213.  Boards  of  elections;  mandatory  training  curriculum.  1.
     4  Election  commissioners  and  such other board of elections employees as
     5  determined by the state board of elections shall within six months after
     6  their first appointment complete a course of instruction on  the  opera-
     7  tion  of a board of elections which shall be provided by the state board
     8  of elections. The curriculum shall be established by the state board  of
     9  elections  in  consultation  with  election  commissioners and shall not
    10  exceed thirty hours of instruction.
    11    2. Annually, election  commissioners  and  other  board  of  elections
    12  employees  as determined by the state board of elections, shall complete
    13  before June first a continuing course of instruction on the operation of
    14  a board of elections which shall be  provided  by  the  state  board  of
    15  elections.  The  curriculum  shall  be established by the state board of
    16  elections in consultation with the election commissioners and shall  not
    17  exceed three hours of instruction.
    18    3. The state board of elections shall provide the training required by
    19  subdivision two of this section through, in addition to other methods it
    20  may choose, a web-based recorded format.
    21    4.  Upon  the  failure of a commissioner or other employee to complete
    22  the instruction within the time required  by  this  section,  the  state
    23  board of elections shall send a letter to the county legislature or city
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01920-01-9
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     1  council and the respective county party chair of the jurisdiction of the
     2  commissioner stating the delinquency.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
     4  it  shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
     5  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     6  tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be  made  and
     7  completed on or before such effective date.