Bill Text: NY A07479 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the Voter Enfranchisement Modernization Act of 2019; makes provisions take effect on the same date and in the same manner as the New York automatic voter registration act of 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2022-02-16 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A07479 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A07479-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7479

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 10, 2021
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        Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law

        AN  ACT to amend part CCC of chapter 55 of the laws of 2019 amending the
          election law, relating to enacting the Voter  Enfranchisement  Modern-
          ization Act of 2019, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

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

     1    Section 1. Section 6 of part CCC of chapter 55 of  the  laws  of  2019
     2  amending  the  election law, relating to enacting the Voter Enfranchise-
     3  ment Modernization Act of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 6. This act shall take effect [on the earlier occurrence  of:    (i)
     5  two years after it shall have become a law; provided, however, the state
     6  board  of elections shall be authorized to implement necessary rules and
     7  regulations and to take steps required to implement this act  immediate-
     8  ly; or (ii) five days after the date of certification by the state board
     9  of  elections that the information technology infrastructure to substan-
    10  tially implement this act is functional.   Provided,  further  that  the
    11  state  board  of  elections  shall  notify the legislative bill drafting
    12  commission upon the occurrence  of  the  enactment  of  the  legislation
    13  provided  for  in  this act in order that the commission may maintain an
    14  accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
    15  of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
    16  of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
    17  officers law] on the same date and in the same manner as chapter 350  of
    18  the  laws of 2020, takes effect; provided, however, that the state board
    19  of elections shall be authorized to implement necessary rules and  regu-
    20  lations and to take steps required to implement this act immediately.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11197-01-1