Bill Text: NY S05256 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-10 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5844A [S05256 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S05256-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5256--A

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 27, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sens. HARCKHAM, MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Elections  --
          committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
          recommitted to said committee

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the  number  of  signa-
          tures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town
          office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns; relates to the
          number  of signatures required on a designating petition for a village
          election; and to provide for the repeal of such  provisions  upon  the
          expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Paragraphs (k) and (l) of subdivision 2 of section 6-136 of
     2  the election law, as amended by chapter 22 of  the  laws  of  2021,  are
     3  amended and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
     4    (k)  For  any  other  office to be filled by the voters of a political
     5  subdivision containing more than one assembly district, county or  other
     6  political  subdivision,  not  to  exceed the aggregate of the signatures
     7  required for the subdivisions or parts  of  subdivisions  so  contained;
     8  [and]
     9    (l)  For  any  county  legislative  district, one hundred fifty signa-
    10  tures[.]; and
    11    (m) For any office to be filled by all the voters of towns  containing
    12  one  hundred  thousand  inhabitants or less, not to exceed the number of
    13  signatures required by paragraph (j) of this subdivision, or  two  times
    14  the number of elections districts in such town, whichever is less.
    15    §  2.  Notwithstanding  subdivision 2 of section 6-204 of the election
    16  law and paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 15-108 of  the  election
    17  law,  the  number of signatures required on a designating petition for a
    18  village election shall be one and one-half per centum of the  number  of
    19  enrolled voters of the party residing in the village.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that section two
     2  of  this  act shall expire and be deemed repealed December 31, 2021; and
     3  provided further that the amendments to subdivision 2 of  section  6-136
     4  of the election law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
     5  expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith.