Bill Text: NY A08313 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the form of proposed constitutional amendments and questions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to election law [A08313 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08313-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8313
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   December 6, 2013
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       Introduced  by M. of A. QUART -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the  form  of  proposed
         constitutional  amendments  and questions; and to repeal subdivision 3
         of section 4-108 of such law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 4-108 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 136 of the laws  of  1978,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    2.  The  form in which the proposed amendment, proposition or question
    5  is to be submitted shall consist of only an abbreviated title indicating
    6  generally and briefly, and in a clear and coherent  manner  using  words
    7  with common and every-day meanings, the subject matter of the amendment,
    8  proposition  or question.  SUCH FORM OF SUBMISSION SHALL BE SET FORTH BY
    9  THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE BY BOTH HOUSES OF LEGISLATION
   10  AUTHORIZING THE SUBMISSION OF SUCH AMENDMENT, PROPOSITION OR QUESTION TO
   11  THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPROVAL. If more than one such amendment, proposi-
   12  tion or question is to be voted upon at such election, each such  amend-
   13  ment,  proposition  or  question  respectively  shall  be separately and
   14  consecutively numbered.
   15    S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 4-108 of the election law is REPEALED.
   16    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13078-01-3