Bill Text: NY S02298 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-05-22 - referred to election law [S02298 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S02298-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2298 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 19, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAYER, JACKSON, LIU, MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that subpoe- nas relating to election matters be served with a separate informa- tional sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 3 2-a. A subpoena issued in relation to this article shall require that 4 the subpoena be served with a separate informational sheet that summa- 5 rizes why the subpoena has been issued, that the case is not related to 6 a criminal action, that the person to whom the subpoena is being served 7 does not currently face criminal charges related to the case, specify 8 that the action is related to the upcoming election of the pertinent 9 office and the consequences of not following the subpoena. The informa- 10 tional sheet shall be affixed to the subpoena being served and shall be 11 written in plain language and printed in a format and type size that is 12 clear and easy to read. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 14 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02176-01-3
