S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6296 I N S E N A T E January 23, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sens. MARTINS, JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the education law relating to use of lever voting machines; to amend chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the election law relating to the number and use of voting machines in village elections; and to amend chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain elections, in relation to making the provisions of such chapters permanent; and to repeal sections 3 and 6 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 relating thereto THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the 2 education law relating to use of lever voting machines is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 S 8. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be 5 deemed repealed December 31, 2012]. 6 S 2. Section 2 of chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the election 7 law relating to the number and use of voting machines in village 8 elections is amended to read as follows: 9 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately [and shall expire and be 10 deemed repealed December 31, 2012]. 11 S 3. Section 7 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town 12 law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain elections 13 is amended to read as follows: 14 S 7. This act shall take effect immediately [provided, however, that 15 sections one, two, four and five of this act shall expire and be deemed 16 repealed December 31, 2012, when upon such date the provisions of 17 sections three and six of this act shall take effect]. 18 S 4. Sections 3 and 6 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the 19 town law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain 20 elections are REPEALED. 21 S 5. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14120-01-2