Bill Text: NY A02635 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Allows a judicial district convention to be conducted in whole or in part via video conference upon a minimum of seventy-two hours notice to the members of the respective committee by mail, an appropriately titled email, text or telephone call at an address or number expressly provided in writing for the purpose of receiving such notices.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to election law [A02635 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A02635-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2635

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 26, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN, LUNSFORD, LUPARDO, SIMON, McDONOUGH,
          DAVILA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  allowing  a  judicial
          district  convention  to  be  conducted  in whole or in part via video
          conference

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  6-126 of the election law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
     3    3. A judicial district convention may be conducted in whole or in part
     4  via video conference upon a minimum of seventy-two hours notice  to  the
     5  members  of  the  respective  committee by mail, an appropriately titled
     6  email, text or telephone call at an address or number expressly provided
     7  in writing for the purpose of receiving such notices. Such notice  shall
     8  include  instructions  to  participants  on how to access the meeting by
     9  such video conference. Where the convention is held in whole or in  part
    10  via  video  conference,  the  presiding  officer shall afford a fair and
    11  appropriate opportunity for persons eligible to attend to listen,  hear,
    12  and be heard, in a manner similar to that which would be afforded if the
    13  meeting were held in person.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05348-01-3