STATE OF NEW YORK
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6421--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 10, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to party committee meeting
and organization requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2-112 of the election law, as
2 amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. Every [state committee shall within fifteen days after its
4 election, every county committee shall within twenty days after its
5 election, and all other committees shall within the time specified by
6 party rules, meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a
7 treasurer and such other officers as they may by their rules provide.
8 Within three days after their meetings all state and county committees
9 shall file in the office of the state board of elections a certificate
10 stating the names and post office addresses of such officers. County
11 committees and any other committee contained therein shall file a copy
12 of such statement with their county board of elections] committee shall
13 meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and
14 such other officers as they may pursuant to their rules.
15 (a) Every state committee shall meet no earlier than September seven-
16 teenth and no later than October first following the June primary. Until
17 such organization meeting, the existing state committee shall exercise
18 all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting,
19 the new state committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the
20 previously organized state committee.
21 (b) Every county committee shall meet no earlier than September seven-
22 teenth and no later than October sixth following the June primary. Until
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such organization meeting, the existing county committee shall exercise
2 all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting,
3 the new county committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the
4 previously organized county committee.
5 (c) All other committees shall meet within the time specified by party
6 rules.
7 (d) Within three days after their organization meeting all state and
8 county committees shall file in the office of the state board of
9 elections a certificate stating the names and post office addresses of
10 such officers. County committees and any other committee contained ther-
11 ein shall file a copy of such statement with their county board of
12 elections.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
14 any state committee meeting, pursuant to section 2-112 of the election
15 law as amended by section one of this act meeting in the year 2019, may
16 meet within fifteen days of the primary election.