Bill Text: NY A10191 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the definition of "population" for purposes of providing substantially equal weight for the population of that local government in the allocation of representation in the local legislative body.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-24 - referred to local governments [A10191 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10191-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          10191

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     March 24, 2020
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        Introduced by M. of A. JACOBSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN  ACT  to  amend the municipal home rule law, in relation to the defi-
          nition of "population" for purposes of providing  substantially  equal
          weight  for the  population of that local government in the allocation
          of representation  in the local legislative body

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

     1    Section  1.  Clause (c.) of subparagraph 13 of paragraph a of subdivi-
     2  sion 1 of section 10 of the municipal  home  rule  law,  as  amended  by
     3  section 119 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws of 2011, is
     4  amended to read as follows:
     5    (c.)  As  used  in  this subparagraph the term "population" shall mean
     6  residents[, citizens, or  registered  voters].  For  such  purposes,  no
     7  person  shall  be  deemed to have gained or lost a residence, or to have
     8  become a resident of a local government, as defined in subdivision eight
     9  of section two of this chapter, by reason of being subject to the juris-
    10  diction of the department of corrections and community  supervision  and
    11  present  in a state correctional facility pursuant to such jurisdiction.
    12  A population base for such a plan of  apportionment  shall  utilize  the
    13  latest  statistical  information obtainable from an official enumeration
    14  done at the same time for all the residents[,  citizens,  or  registered
    15  voters]  of  the local government. Such a plan may allocate, by extrapo-
    16  lation or any other rational method, such latest statistical information
    17  to representation areas or units of local government, provided that  any
    18  plan  containing  such  an  allocation  shall have annexed thereto as an
    19  appendix, a detailed explanation of the allocation.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15538-01-0