Bill Text: NY A09321 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the use of lever voting machines, the number and use of voting machines in village elections, and to the types of voting machines used in certain elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.273 [A09321 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09321-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9321--A I N A S S E M B L Y April 9, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LUPINACCI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- reference changed to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the education law relating to use of lever voting machines; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the election law relating to the number and use of voting machines in village elections; and to amend chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain elections, in relation to extending the provisions of such chapters THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the 2 education law relating to use of lever voting machines, as amended by 3 chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 4 S 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 5 deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015. 6 S 2. Section 2 of chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the election 7 law relating to the number and use of voting machines in village 8 elections, as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to 9 read as follows: 10 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be 11 deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015. 12 S 3. Section 7 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town 13 law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain elections, 14 as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that 17 sections one, two, four and five of this act shall expire and be deemed 18 repealed December 31, [2014] 2015, when upon such date the provisions of 19 sections three and six of this act shall take effect. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14582-03-4 A. 9321--A 2 1 S 4. On or before January 31, 2015, the state board of elections shall 2 submit a report to the governor, speaker of the assembly, temporary 3 president of the senate and the chairs of the committees on election law 4 of the senate and the assembly concerning the administration of 5 elections by villages, school districts, fire districts, library 6 districts and other municipal corporations required to hold elections. 7 The report shall include recommendations and guidance for such villages, 8 districts and municipal corporations to migrate to the use of voting 9 systems which are compliant with section 7-202 of the election law and 10 applicable state board of elections rules and regulations. The report 11 shall also include an analysis of the cost and fiscal impact to such 12 villages, districts and municipal corporations for transitioning to 13 voting systems that comply with section 7-202 of the election law. Prior 14 to preparing and issuing the report, the state board of elections shall 15 solicit, and take into consideration, recommendations from stakeholders 16 including, but not necessarily limited to, the New York state department 17 of education, the New York school boards association, the New York 18 conference of mayors and the New York state association of counties. 19 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.