Bill Text: NY S01322 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits election commissioners and deputy commissioners from holding a publicly elected office or from being the respective chair of the county democratic or republican committees.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S01322 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S01322-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1322
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    January 6, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. DILAN, DIAZ, PARKER -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting election
         commissioners  and  deputy  elections  commissioners  from  holding  a
         publicly elected office
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 3-200  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  195  of  the  laws  of 2003, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    4. No person [shall be] appointed as election commissioner  or  DEPUTY
    5  ELECTION  COMMISSIONER SHALL continue to hold office who is not a regis-
    6  tered voter in the county and not an enrolled member of the party recom-
    7  mending his OR HER appointment, OR WHO IS THE CHAIR  OF  THE  RESPECTIVE
    8  DEMOCRATIC  OR REPUBLICAN PARTY OR COMMITTEE IN SUCH COUNTY or who holds
    9  any other public office, except that of commissioner  of  deeds,  notary
   10  public,  [village  officer, city or town justice,] member of a community
   11  board within the city of New York or trustee  or  officer  of  a  school
   12  district outside of a city.
   13    S  2. Subdivision 6 of section 3-200 of the election law is amended to
   14  read as follows:
   15    6. An election commissioner OR DEPUTY ELECTION COMMISSIONER shall  not
   16  be  a  candidate  for  any  elective office which he OR SHE would not be
   17  entitled to hold under the provisions of this article, unless he OR  SHE
   18  has  ceased  by  resignation  or otherwise, to be commissioner OR DEPUTY
   19  COMMISSIONER prior to his OR HER  nomination  or  designation  therefor.
   20  Otherwise such nomination or designation shall be null and void.
   21    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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