Bill Text: NY A10517 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits a voter to include his or her e-mail address on the voter registration form to indicate he or she wants legislative mailings made electronically to him or her.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-04-02 - referred to election law [A10517 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A10517-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10517
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2010
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TEDISCO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. KOLB,
         SPANO, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee  on  Election
         Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law and the legislative law, in relation to
         use of a person's e-mail address
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (k) of subdivision 5  of  section  5-210  of  the
    2  election  law  is amended by adding a new subparagraph (xiii) to read as
    3  follows:
    4    (XIII) THE E-MAIL ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT (OPTIONAL)  FOLLOWED  BY  A
    5  BOX,  A CHECK MARK IN WHICH, MADE BY THE REGISTRANT INDICATES THAT HE OR
    6  SHE AGREES TO HAVE GENERAL, BUT NOT  PERSON-SPECIFIC  CORRESPONDENCE  OR
    7  NEWSLETTERS FROM MEMBERS OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO
    8  SUCH ADDRESS IN LIEU OF BY REGULAR MAIL.
    9    S 2. The election law is amended by adding a new section 8-301 to read
   10  as follows:
   11    S  8-301.  REGISTRATION POLL RECORD; USE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS.  REGISTRA-
   12  TION POLL RECORD; FORM TO UTILIZE E-MAIL ADDRESS AT  THE  FIRST  GENERAL
   13  ELECTION  OCCURRING ON AND AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, AND
   14  AT EACH GENERAL ELECTION HELD THEREAFTER, THE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL
   15  PREPARE  AND  ATTACH  THERETO  OR  ACCOMPANY WITH EACH REGISTRATION POLL
   16  RECORD WITH A SPECIAL FORM WHEREIN THE VOTER MAY  INDICATE  BY  CHECKING
   17  THE  APPROPRIATE  BOX AND INSERTING IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT THERETO, HIS OR
   18  HER E-MAIL ADDRESS, INDICATING THAT SUCH PERSON AGREES TO  HAVE  GENERAL
   19  BUT  NOT  PERSON-SPECIFIC  CORRESPONDENCE OR NEWSLETTERS FROM MEMBERS OF
   20  THE STATE LEGISLATURE SENT ELECTRONICALLY TO SUCH ADDRESS IN LIEU OF  BY
   21  REGULAR MAIL.
   22    S  3.  The  legislative law is amended by adding a new section 32-b to
   23  read as follows:
   24    S 32-B. NEWSLETTERS AND MAILINGS.  NEWSLETTERS AND MAILINGS TO BE MADE
   25  ELECTRONICALLY IN ANY CASE WHERE A PERSON HAS INDICATED THAT HE  OR  SHE
   26  AGREES TO RECEIVE ANY CORRESPONDENCE OR NEWSLETTERS FROM A MEMBER OF THE
   27  LEGISLATURE  VIA E-MAIL, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBPARAGRAPH (XIII) OF PARA-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15865-01-0
       A. 10517                            2
    1  GRAPH (K) OF SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION 5-210 OR SECTION 8-301  OF  THE
    2  ELECTION LAW, SUCH MAILING SHALL BE MADE IN THAT MANNER AND SHALL NOT BE
    3  MAILED TO SUCH PERSON BY REGULAR MAIL.
    4    S  4.  This  act  shall take effect immediately, provided that section
    5  three of this act shall take effect January 1, 2011.