Bill Text: NY A04944 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the public housing law, in relation to resident council board elections

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to housing [A04944 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A04944-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4944
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 10, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. V. LOPEZ, KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Housing
       AN ACT to amend the public housing law, in relation to resident  council
         board elections
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The public housing law is amended by adding a  new  section
    2  61 to read as follows:
    3    S  61.  RESIDENT NOTIFICATION OF RESIDENT COUNCIL BOARD ELECTIONS.  1.
    4  HOUSING AUTHORITIES SHALL NOTIFY ALL RESIDENTS OF ELECTIONS OF RESIDENTS
    5  TO THE RESIDENT COUNCIL BOARD.  SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL INCLUDE THE DATE
    6  AND TIME OF THE ELECTION,  WHERE  RESIDENTS  MUST  GO  TO  VOTE  IN  THE
    7  ELECTION,  THE  TIME  PERIOD  FOR  VOTING IN THE ELECTION, A LIST OF ALL
    8  RESIDENTS SEEKING TO SERVE ON THE  RESIDENT  COUNCIL  BOARD,  THE  RULES
    9  GOVERNING  WHO  IS ELIGIBLE TO RUN IN SUCH ELECTIONS AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE
   10  TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTIONS. SUCH NOTIFICATION SHALL BE SENT TO ALL  RESI-
   11  DENTS  AT  LEAST  THIRTY  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  SUCH  RESIDENT  COUNCIL BOARD
   12  ELECTION.
   13    2. HOUSING AUTHORITIES SHALL PROVIDE ALL CANDIDATES SEEKING  TO  SERVE
   14  ON THE RESIDENT COUNCIL BOARD THE MOST RECENT LIST OF RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE
   15  TO VOTE IN SUCH ELECTIONS.
   16    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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