Bill Text: NY S05694 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment of election commissioners.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S05694 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05694-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5694
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 28, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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  the  appointment  of
         election commissioners
         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 3-204  of  the  election  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  455  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    4. Commissioners of election shall be appointed by the county legisla-
    5  tive body, or in the city of New York, by the  city  council.  Provided,
    6  however,  that  if  a  legislative body shall fail to appoint any person
    7  recommended by a party for appointment as  a  commissioner  pursuant  to
    8  this  section,  within  thirty days after the filing of a certificate of
    9  recommendation with such legislative body,  then  the  members  of  such
   10  legislative body who are members of the political party which filed such
   11  certificate may appoint such person. If none of the persons named in any
   12  of  the certificates filed by a party are so appointed within sixty days
   13  after the filing of any such  certificate,  then  such  party  may  file
   14  another  certificate within thirty days after the expiration of any such
   15  sixty day period recommending a different person for  such  appointment;
   16  PROVIDED,  FURTHER,  THAT  IF  THE  LEGISLATIVE BODY MEMBERSHIP DOES NOT
   17  INCLUDE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PARTY THAT RECOMMENDED THE  APPOINTMENT,  AND
   18  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY FAILS TO APPOINT THE RECOMMENDED COMMISSIONER WITH-
   19  IN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER THE FILING OF THE CERTIFICATE OF RECOMMENDATION,
   20  THEN THE PARTY THAT  RECOMMENDED  SUCH  COMMISSIONER  MAY  FILE  ANOTHER
   21  CERTIFICATE  OF  RECOMMENDATION  FOR  THAT  COMMISSIONER  AND HIS OR HER
   22  APPOINTMENT SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON THE DATE OF SUCH FILING.   If a  party
   23  fails  to file a certificate within the time prescribed by this section,
   24  the members of the legislative body who are members of  such  party  may
   25  appoint any eligible person to such office.
   26    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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