Bill Text: NY A02483 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to the terms of office of election commissioners

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-09 - held for consideration in election law [A02483 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A02483-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2483
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 16, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the terms of office  of
         election commissioners
         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  3-202  of  the  election  law  is
    2  amended to read as follows:
    3    1.  The term of office of an election commissioner shall be [two] FOUR
    4  years beginning January first of each odd numbered year [except that  in
    5  the  city  of  New  York and the county of Schenectady the term shall be
    6  four years beginning on January first of  each  alternate  odd  numbered
    7  year. The county legislative body of any other county may determine that
    8  the  commissioners  of  elections thereafter appointed shall serve for a
    9  term of four years. Such determination may be rescinded by a  subsequent
   10  action  of  the  county  legislative body which shall take effect at the
   11  expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in office].
   12    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
   13  elections occurring on and after November 1, 2009.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD01721-01-9