Bill Text: NY S06281 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to judicial proceedings; provides that any person may assert the validity of designating or nominating petition or certificate.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO ELECTIONS [S06281 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S06281-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6281 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- 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 judicial proceedings 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 16-102 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. A proceeding with respect to a petition shall be instituted within 5 fourteen days after the last day to file the petition, or within three 6 business days after the officer or board with whom or which such peti- 7 tion was filed, makes a determination of invalidity or validity with 8 respect to such petition, whichever is later; except that a proceeding 9 with respect to a petition for a village election or an independent 10 nomination for a special election shall be instituted within seven days 11 after the last day to file the petition for such village election or 12 independent nomination or within three business days after the officer 13 or board with whom or which such petition was filed, makes a determi- 14 nation of invalidity with respect to such petition, whichever is later. 15 A proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party 16 committee, or caucus shall be instituted within ten days after the hold- 17 ing of such primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of 18 nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 20 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment 21 and/or repeal of any rules or regulations necessary for the implementa- 22 tion of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made on or 23 before such date. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11684-01-7
