Bill Text: NY A02439 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to a board of registration for special town elections; authorizes a board of registration to carry out personal registration where approved by a town board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-10-26 - signed chap.372 [A02439 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02439-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2439--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee  on  Election  Law  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation  to  designating  a  board  of
         registration for special town elections
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 84 of the town law, as amended  by
    2  chapter 248 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:
    3    3.  In  such  event,  the  town  board  shall  select from the list of
    4  election inspectors previously designated for general election purposes,
    5  not less than two nor more than four persons to constitute  a  board  of
    6  registration  for  each  voting  place  designated  by  the  town board,
    7  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A TOWN BOARD MAY, BY RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT A  REGULAR
    8  MEETING,  DETERMINE  THAT  ONE  OR  MORE BOARDS OF REGISTRATION SHALL BE
    9  REASONABLY CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT THE  PERSONAL  REGISTRATION  REQUIRE-
   10  MENTS, AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, FOR ALL VOTING PLACES DESIGNATED FOR
   11  SUCH  SPECIAL  ELECTION for such special town election. Each member of a
   12  board of registration shall be entitled to compensation at a rate to  be
   13  fixed by the town board for time spent upon the duties of his office.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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