Bill Text: NY A03723 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enlarges the definition of the term "election" for certain purposes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to education [A03723 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A03723-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 3915                                                  A. 3723
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
                                    January 30, 2017
                                       ___________
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
        IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Education
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  enlarging  the  defi-
          nition of the term "election" for certain purposes
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 14-100 of the  election  law,  as
     2  added  by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by chapter 9 of
     3  the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     4    11. "election" means all general, special and primary  elections,  but
     5  shall  not include elections provided for pursuant to the education law,
     6  special district elections, fire district elections or library  district
     7  elections  except  that  it  shall  include school district budget votes
     8  pursuant to sections two  thousand  twenty-two  and  twenty-six  hundred
     9  one-a of the education law.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04094-01-7
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