S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4565 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 3, 2015 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CLARK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa- tures on nominating petitions THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (e) of subdivision 2 of section 6-142 of the 2 election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 (e) for any office to be filled by all the voters of any congressional 5 district, [three thousand five hundred] TWO THOUSAND; 6 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 7 ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08683-01-5