Bill Text: NY S05478 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 5478 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; makes such provisions permanent.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-11-07 - SIGNED CHAP.421 [S05478 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S05478-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5478
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
       AN ACT to amend chapter 19 of the laws of 2014 amending the election law
         relating to enacting the agreement among the states to elect the pres-
         ident by national popular vote, in relation to making such  provisions
         permanent
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 19 of the laws of  2014  amending  the
    2  election  law  relating  to  enacting  the agreement among the states to
    3  elect the president by national popular vote,  is  amended  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the commis-
    6  sioner of the state board of elections shall notify the legislative bill
    7  drafting commission upon the occurrence of the adoption of the agreement
    8  among  the states to elect the president by national popular vote by two
    9  or more states in order that the commission may maintain an accurate and
   10  timely effective data base of the official text of the laws of the state
   11  of New York in furtherance of effecting the provisions of section 44  of
   12  the  legislative  law  and  section  70-b  of  the public officers law[;
   13  provided, however, that this act shall expire  and  be  deemed  repealed
   14  December  31,  2018  if the states cumulatively possessing a majority of
   15  the electoral votes have not enacted the  provisions  of  the  agreement
   16  among  the  states  to elect the president by national popular vote, and
   17  provided that the commissioner of the state  board  of  elections  shall
   18  notify the legislative bill drafting commission of such expiration].
   19    S 2. 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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