Bill Text: NY A09244 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the filing of petitions of designation or nomination in the county of Westchester.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-02 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A09244 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09244-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        9244--A
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 2, 2014
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, PRETLOW,
         MAYER, OTIS, KATZ -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
         Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the filing of papers in
         the county of Westchester
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 1-106 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 700 of the laws  of  1977,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this
    5  chapter shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours  of
    6  nine A.M. and five P.M.
    7    ON  THE  LAST DAY OF FILING IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, PETITIONS OF
    8  DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION SHALL BE FILED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE  A.M.
    9  AND  TWELVE  A.M.  AND  SUCH  BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE SHALL BE OPEN TO
   10  RECEIVE SUCH PETITIONS DURING THE HOURS HEREIN SPECIFIED.  If  the  last
   11  day  for  filing  shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the
   12  next business day shall become the last day for filing. All papers  sent
   13  by  mail  in an envelope postmarked prior to midnight of the last day of
   14  filing shall be  deemed  timely  filed  and  accepted  for  filing  when
   15  received,  except  that all certificates and petitions of designation or
   16  nomination, certificates of acceptance or  declination  of  such  desig-
   17  nations  and  nominations,  certificates of substitution for such desig-
   18  nations or nominations and objections and specifications  of  objections
   19  to  such  certificates and petitions required to be filed with the board
   20  of elections of the city of New York must be actually received  by  such
   21  city board of elections on or before the last day to file any such peti-
   22  tion,  certificate  or  objection  and such office shall be open for the
   23  receipt of such petitions, certificates and objections until midnight on
   24  the last day to file any such petition, certificate or objection.  Fail-
   25  ure of the post office or any other person or entity to deliver any such
   26  petition, certificate or objection to such city board of elections on or
   27  before such last day shall be a fatal defect.
   28    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14596-02-4