STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7314 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN SENATE August 6, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to provide for a referendum on the question "Do you support the division of New York into two separate states?"; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. There shall be submitted to the voters of the state at a 2 general election held on or before December 31, 2022 the following ques- 3 tion: "Do you support the division of New York into two separate 4 states?" 5 § 2. Such question shall be submitted in the manner provided in the 6 election law, and the provisions of such law, not inconsistent with this 7 act, relating to the submission of and to the taking, counting and 8 returning of the vote and canvassing the results upon a question submit- 9 ted pursuant to law to the voters of the state shall apply to the ques- 10 tion herein required to be submitted. The ballots shall be in such form 11 as prescribed by such law. When the board of elections shall have 12 completed its canvass of the results of the vote upon such question, it 13 shall forthwith certify the results of the vote upon such question to 14 the secretary of the senate and clerk of the assembly. 15 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire January 16 1, 2023 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 17 repealed. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02062-01-1