Bill Text: NY A03126 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An act to amend the election law, in relation to requiring judges to be enrolled members of the party for a primary election or to have received a proper certificate of authorization filed properly according to the election law

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-06-15 - ordered to third reading rules cal.226 [A03126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-A03126-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3126
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 23, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. BRADLEY, PAULIN, GALEF, MAGEE, BRENNAN, DINOWITZ
         -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. FARRELL, GOTTFRIED, LATIMER,  REILLY
         -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
       AN  ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring judges to be
         enrolled members of the party  for  a  primary  election  or  to  have
         received  a proper certificate of authorization filed properly accord-
         ing to the election law
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of  section 6-120 of the election law, as
    2  amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended and a new  subdi-
    3  vision 5 is added to read as follows:
    4    4.  This  section  shall not apply to a political party designating or
    5  nominating candidates for the first time[,] OR to  candidates  nominated
    6  by party caucus[, nor to candidates for judicial offices].
    7    5.  THIS  SECTION  SHALL APPLY TO ANY CANDIDATE FOR JUDICIAL OFFICE IN
    8  ANY ELECTION WHERE OTHER INDIVIDUALS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY  TO  CHALLENGE
    9  THE NOMINATION IN A PRIMARY ELECTION.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03263-01-9