Bill Text: NY A09703 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-02 - referred to election law [A09703 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09703-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9703 IN ASSEMBLY February 2, 2018 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY, BLANKENBUSH, BUTLER, CASTORINA, DiPIETRO, D'URSO, ERRIGO, FRIEND, GIGLIO, LAWRENCE, MORINELLO, NORRIS -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law, 2 as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 Each agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions 5 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution 6 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section. 7 The following offices which provide public assistance and/or provide 8 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons 9 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies: 10 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the 11 office of children and family services, the office of temporary and 12 disability assistance and the department of health. Also designated as 13 public assistance agencies are all agencies of local government that 14 provide such assistance. Designated as state agencies that provide 15 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil- 16 ities are the department of labor, office for the aging, division of 17 veterans' affairs, office of mental health, office of vocational and 18 educational services for individuals with disabilities, commission on 19 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office [of mental retardation20and] for people with developmental disabilities, commission for the 21 blind, office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office of 22 the advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer programs 23 established or funded by such agencies. Additional [state] participating 24 agencies designated as voter registration offices are the department of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD13375-01-7A. 9703 2 1 state [and], the [division] district offices of the workers' compen- 2 sation board and every court and law enforcement agency when such enti- 3 ties are issuing licenses to carry, possess, repair or dispose of 4 firearms. Such agencies shall be required to offer voter registration 5 forms to persons upon initial application for services, for partic- 6 ipation in activities or for use of facilities, and upon renewal or 7 recertification for services and upon change of address relating to such 8 services, participation in activities or use of facilities of the 9 agency. Such agencies shall also be responsible for providing assistance 10 to applicants in completing voter registration forms, receiving and 11 transmitting the completed application form from all applicants who wish 12 to have such form transmitted to the appropriate board of elections. The 13 state board of elections shall, together with representatives of the 14 United States department of defense, develop and implement procedures 15 for including recruitment offices of the armed forces of the United 16 States as voter registration offices when such offices are so designated 17 by federal law. The state board of elections shall also make request of 18 the United States [Immigration and Naturalization Service] Citizenship 19 and Immigration Services to include applications for registration by 20 mail with any materials which are given to new citizens. All insti- 21 tutions of the state university of New York and the city university of 22 New York, shall, at the beginning of the school year, and again in Janu- 23 ary of a year in which the president of the United States is to be 24 elected, provide an application for voter registration to each student 25 in each such institution. The state board of elections may, by regu- 26 lation, grant a waiver from any or all of the requirements of this 27 section to any office or program of an agency, if it determines that it 28 is not feasible for such office or program to administer such require- 29 ment. 30 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day 31 after it shall have become a law, provided however, that effective imme- 32 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rules or regu- 33 lations necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective 34 date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on or before 35 such effective date.
