Bill Text: NY S00886 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires town caucuses of a political party to be convened no earlier than four weeks before the last day to file a certificate of a party nomination made at such caucus; provides that with a certificate of nomination there also be filed a list of enrolled members of the party who participated in such caucus, the minutes of the caucus, and a statement of where the notice of the caucus was published or posted.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S00886 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S00886-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          886
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 21, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  KRUGER -- 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 town caucuses
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 6-108 of the election law, as
    2  added by chapter 114 of the laws of 1985, is amended to read as follows:
    3    2. In the event that there is no town committee with a  chairman,  the
    4  chairman  of  the  county  committee or such other person or body as the
    5  rules of such committee may provide, shall designate an enrolled  member
    6  of  the  party  who is a qualified voter of such town as the town caucus
    7  chairman to convene such caucus and give notice thereof.    SUCH  CAUCUS
    8  SHALL BE CONVENED NO EARLIER THAN FOUR WEEKS BEFORE THE LAST DAY TO FILE
    9  A CERTIFICATE OF A PARTY NOMINATION MADE AT SUCH CAUCUS.
   10    S  2.  Section 6-156 of the election law, as amended by chapter 160 of
   11  the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows:
   12    S 6-156. Party nominations;  certification.    Certificates  of  nomi-
   13  nations, made otherwise than at a primary, shall contain the name of the
   14  political party making the nomination, the title of the office for which
   15  such  person  is  nominated,  the name and residence of the nominee, the
   16  committee, if any, appointed to fill vacancies in the  nominations,  and
   17  shall  be  signed  by  the presiding officer and a secretary of the body
   18  making the nomination. When a nomination is made by  a  committee  other
   19  than one composed of members of a state committee or a county committee,
   20  a  certified copy of the rule or resolution constituting such committee,
   21  shall, if a copy thereof  shall  not  have  been  filed  previously,  be
   22  attached  to  the certificate. WHEN A NOMINATION IS MADE PURSUANT TO THE
   23  PROVISIONS FOR A TOWN CAUCUS, THERE SHALL BE FILED, TOGETHER  WITH  SUCH
   24  CERTIFICATE,  A  LIST  OF ENROLLED MEMBERS OF THE PARTY WHO HAVE PARTIC-
   25  IPATED IN SUCH CAUCUS, THE MINUTES OF THE CAUCUS,  AND  A  STATEMENT  OF
   26  WHERE THE NOTICE OF THE CAUCUS WAS PUBLISHED OR POSTED.
   27    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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