Bill Text: NY S04827 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-18 - referred to election law [S04827 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04827-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4827
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 nominating  and  desig-
         nating petitions and certificates
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 6-158 of the election  law,
    2  subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of 1984 and subdivi-
    3  sion  3  as  amended  by chapter 703 of the laws of 1982, are amended to
    4  read as follows:
    5    2. A certificate of acceptance or declination of a  designation  shall
    6  be  filed  not later than the fourth day after the last day to file such
    7  designation, EXCEPT THAT A CANDIDATE WHO FILES  SUCH  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
    8  ACCEPTANCE FOR AN OFFICE FOR WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN FILED CERTIFICATES OR
    9  PETITIONS  DESIGNATING MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION OF ANY
   10  PARTY, MAY THEREAFTER FILE A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION NOT  LATER  THAN
   11  THE THIRD DAY AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   12    3. A certificate to fill a vacancy in a designation caused by declina-
   13  tion  shall be filed not later than the fourth day after the last day to
   14  decline. A certificate to fill a vacancy  in  a  designation  caused  by
   15  death [or], disqualification OR BY THE FILING OF A CERTIFICATE OF DECLI-
   16  NATION  AS  DESCRIBED  IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION shall be filed
   17  not later than ten days  after  such  death  [or],  disqualification  or
   18  FILING  OF  A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION OR four days before the primary
   19  election, whichever is earlier.
   20    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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