Bill Text: NY A08740 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Relates to the reimbursement to counties and the city of New York of the costs associated with administering primary elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-07 - referred to election law [A08740 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08740-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         8740
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 7, 2014
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Election Law
       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  reimbursement  to
         counties  and the city of New York of the costs associated with admin-
         istering primary elections
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  6-160 of the election law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3    3. THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL REIMBURSE COUNTIES AND THE CITY OF  NEW
    4  YORK  FOR  COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH ADMINISTERING PRIMARY ELECTIONS HELD IN
    5  SEPTEMBER OF EACH EVEN NUMBERED ELECTION YEAR.
    6    (A) REIMBURSEMENT OF SUCH EXPENSES SHALL BE MADE UPON  APPLICATION  OF
    7  SUCH  COUNTIES OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR STATE AID UNDER THIS SECTION,
    8  BY FILING WITH THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS A PLAN,  INCLUDING  SPECIFIC
    9  COSTS, DETAILING EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH CONDUCTING SUCH PRIMARY.
   10    (B) INCLUDED IN SUCH REIMBURSABLE COSTS SHALL BE CLERICAL COSTS, MAIN-
   11  TENANCE  AND  OPERATION  COSTS,  AS  WELL  AS SALARIES OF LOCAL BOARD OF
   12  ELECTIONS  PERSONNEL,  POLL  INSPECTORS,  BALLOT   AND   SAMPLE   BALLOT
   13  PRODUCTION,  DISTRIBUTION AND SUCH OTHER COSTS ACCRUED IN FULFILLING THE
   14  REQUIREMENTS OF ARTICLES EIGHT AND NINE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND SUCH  OTHER
   15  INFORMATION AS THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL REQUIRE.
   16    (C)  THE  STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL APPROVE SUCH REIMBURSEMENT IF
   17  IT CONFORMS TO STANDARDS RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF ELECTIONS.
   18    (D) STATE AID SHALL BE GRANTED TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND THE RESPEC-
   19  TIVE COUNTIES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK ONLY TO THE EXTENT  OF  REIM-
   20  BURSING  ONE HUNDRED PER CENTUM OF THE APPROVED EXPENDITURES INCURRED BY
   21  THE COUNTY OR CITY IN MAINTAINING AND ADMINISTERING THE SEPTEMBER PRIMA-
   22  RY ELECTION.
   23    (E) THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  SHALL  PROMULGATE  RULES  AND  REGU-
   24  LATIONS  IN  FURTHERANCE  OF THESE PROVISIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
   25  3-102 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13422-01-4