Bill Text: NY A00412 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Removes certain requirement that notice of party caucus be filed and posted with the local board of elections in village elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.249 [A00412 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A00412-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BOYLAND, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to filing and posting
notice of party caucus at the local board of elections in village
elections
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 2 of section 15-108 of the
2 election law, as amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 1996, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 c. A notice of any party caucus held for making party nominations for
5 village offices for village elections shall be given by the proper party
6 authorities by posting such notice in the public areas at the offices of
7 the village clerk [and the board of elections] and by filing such notice
8 with such clerk [and such board] at least ten days preceding the day of
9 the caucus and, either by newspaper publication thereof once within the
10 village at least one week and not more than two weeks preceding the
11 caucus, or by posting such notice in six public places in the village at
12 least ten days preceding the day of the caucus.
13 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
14 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04904-01-3
