Bill Text: NY A09244 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Relates to the filing of petitions of designation or nomination in the county of Westchester.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-02 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A09244 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09244-Amended.html
Bill Title: Relates to the filing of petitions of designation or nomination in the county of Westchester.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-02 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [A09244 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A09244-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9244--A I N A S S E M B L Y April 2, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, PRETLOW, MAYER, OTIS, KATZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the filing of papers in the county of Westchester THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1-106 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 700 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 1. All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this 5 chapter shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours of 6 nine A.M. and five P.M. 7 ON THE LAST DAY OF FILING IN THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER, PETITIONS OF 8 DESIGNATION OR NOMINATION SHALL BE FILED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF NINE A.M. 9 AND TWELVE A.M. AND SUCH BOARD OF ELECTIONS OFFICE SHALL BE OPEN TO 10 RECEIVE SUCH PETITIONS DURING THE HOURS HEREIN SPECIFIED. If the last 11 day for filing shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the 12 next business day shall become the last day for filing. All papers sent 13 by mail in an envelope postmarked prior to midnight of the last day of 14 filing shall be deemed timely filed and accepted for filing when 15 received, except that all certificates and petitions of designation or 16 nomination, certificates of acceptance or declination of such desig- 17 nations and nominations, certificates of substitution for such desig- 18 nations or nominations and objections and specifications of objections 19 to such certificates and petitions required to be filed with the board 20 of elections of the city of New York must be actually received by such 21 city board of elections on or before the last day to file any such peti- 22 tion, certificate or objection and such office shall be open for the 23 receipt of such petitions, certificates and objections until midnight on 24 the last day to file any such petition, certificate or objection. Fail- 25 ure of the post office or any other person or entity to deliver any such 26 petition, certificate or objection to such city board of elections on or 27 before such last day shall be a fatal defect. 28 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14596-02-4