Bill Text: NY A04310 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Creates a temporary commission on consolidating the conduct of municipal elections by boards of elections to make recommendations and prepare proposed legislation to consolidate the conduct of all public entity elections by the county boards of elections and consolidate all public entity elections to the date of the November general election; provides commission shall consist of nine members, each to serve for a term of two years; makes an appropriation therefor.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-04-23 - print number 4310b [A04310 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A04310-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4310--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee  on Election Law -- reported and referred to the Committee on Ways
          and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means in accord-
          ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee -- again reported from said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered
          reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT to create a temporary commission on consolidating the conduct of
          municipal elections by boards of  elections;  and  providing  for  the
          repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. A temporary state commission  is  hereby  created  to  make
     2  recommendations and prepare proposed legislation to: (i) consolidate the
     3  conduct  of  all  public  entity  elections  by  the  county  boards  of
     4  elections; and (ii) consolidate all public entity elections to the  date
     5  of  the  November  general  election or another date upon which multiple
     6  public entity elections may be consolidated.
     7    § 2. The commission shall consist of nine members, each to serve for a
     8  term of two years, to be forthwith appointed as follows:  two  shall  be
     9  appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minor-
    10  ity  leader  of the senate; two shall be appointed by the speaker of the
    11  assembly and one by the minority leader of the assembly; three shall  be
    12  appointed  by the governor. No more than four appointees shall be legis-
    13  lators.  By a majority vote, the commission shall  designate  the  chair
    14  and vice chair from among the appointees to the commission. Vacancies in
    15  the  membership of the commission and among its officers shall be filled
    16  in the manner provided for original appointments.
    17    § 3. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove  such  personnel
    18  as  it  may  deem necessary for the performance of its functions and fix
    19  their compensation within the amounts made available therefor.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    § 4. The commission may meet within and without the state, shall  hold
     2  public  hearings, and shall have all the powers of a legislative commit-
     3  tee pursuant to the legislative law.
     4    §  5.  The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for
     5  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
     6  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
     7    § 6. To the maximum extent feasible, the commission shall be  entitled
     8  to  request  and  receive  and  shall  utilize and be provided with such
     9  facilities, resources, and data  of  any  court,  department,  division,
    10  board,  bureau,  commission,  or  agency  of  the state or any political
    11  subdivision thereof as it may reasonably request to properly  carry  out
    12  its powers and duties hereunder.
    13    §  7.  The  commission shall make a preliminary report to the governor
    14  and the legislature of its findings, conclusions and recommendation  not
    15  later than December 31, 2018 and a final report of its findings, conclu-
    16  sions  and  recommendations  not  later  than  April 30, 2019, and shall
    17  submit with its report such legislative proposals as it deems  necessary
    18  to implement its recommendations.
    19    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire on May 1,
    20  2020,  when  upon  such  date the provisions of this act shall be deemed
    21  repealed.