Bill Text: NY A00446 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 446 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides no county shall supercede any state law which relates to the division of any county into districts for the purpose of apportionment of members of its local legislative body, subject to federal and state constitutional requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to local governments [A00446 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A00446-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           446
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     January 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ORTIZ, GUNTHER -- Multi-Sponsored
          by -- M. of A.    CAHILL,  PEOPLES-STOKES,  PERRY  --  read  once  and
          referred to the Committee on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the division
          of  a  county  into  districts for the apportionment of members of its
          local legislative body
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph g of subdivision 3 of section 34 of the munici-
     2  pal home rule law is relettered paragraph h and a  new  paragraph  g  is
     3  added to read as follows:
     4    g.  Notwithstanding  any  inconsistent provision of this chapter or of
     5  any other general, special, or local law, or any code, ordinance,  char-
     6  ter,  rule,  or  regulation, which relates to the division of any county
     7  except a county wholly contained within a city, into districts  for  the
     8  purpose  of the apportionment or reapportionment of members of its local
     9  legislative body pursuant to this chapter, subject to federal and  state
    10  constitutional requirements;
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06299-01-7