Bill Text: NY S00432 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides residency of a person at the time of filing a designating or nominating petition or a certificate of designation, nomination or substitution shall be presumed to be the residence address of such person at the time of commencement of the term of his or her office or position.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00432 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S00432-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
(PREFILED)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to eligibility
restrictions for designation or nomination
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 6-122 of the election law, as amended by chapter
2 511 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
3 S 6-122. Designation or nomination; eligibility, restrictions. 1. A
4 person shall not be designated or nominated for a public office or party
5 position who (1) is not a citizen of the state of New York; (2) is inel-
6 igible to be elected to such office or position; or (3) who, if elected
7 will not at the time of commencement of the term of such office or posi-
8 tion, meet the constitutional or statutory qualifications thereof or,
9 with respect to judicial office, who will not meet such qualifications
10 within thirty days of the commencement of the term of such office.
11 2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF A
12 PERSON, AT THE TIME OF FILING OF A DESIGNATING OR NOMINATING PETITION OR
13 A CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, NOMINATION OR SUBSTITUTION AND NAMED AS A
14 CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY POSITION IN SUCH PETITION OR
15 CERTIFICATE, SHALL BE PRESUMED TO BE THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF SUCH
16 PERSON AT THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERM OF SUCH OFFICE OR POSI-
17 TION.
18 3. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, IN THE EVENT A PERSON, WHO WAS
19 QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, CHANGES
20 HIS OR HER RESIDENCE SUBSEQUENT TO THE FILING OF A PETITION OR CERTIF-
21 ICATE, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, THE NEW RESI-
22 DENCE ADDRESS SHALL THEN BE PRESUMED TO BE THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF SUCH
23 PERSON AT THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERM OF PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY
24 POSITION.
25 S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
26 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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