Bill Text: NY S00613 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Provides that a person designated as a candidate for two or more party nominations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than ten days after the primary election.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - SIGNED CHAP.276 [S00613 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-S00613-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 613--A Cal. No. 1050 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MAY, BIAGGI, GOUNARDES, JACKSON, LIU, MYRIE, REICH- LIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to candidate declination The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 6-146 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 6 to read as follows: 3 6. A person designated as a candidate for two or more party nomi- 4 nations for an office to be filled at the time of a general election who 5 is not nominated at a primary election by one or more such parties may 6 decline the nomination of one or more parties not later than ten days 7 after the primary election. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04488-03-1
