Bill Text: NY S07371 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the use of lever voting machines, the number and use of voting machines in village elections, and to the types of voting machines used in certain elections.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9321A [S07371 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S07371-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7371--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     May 14, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Elections  --  committee
         discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
         to said committee
       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  extending
         the provisions of such chapters
         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, as amended by
    3  chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
    4    S 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    5  deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015.
    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,  as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
    9  read as follows:
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   11  deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015.
   12    S  3.  Section  7 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town
   13  law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain  elections,
   14  as  amended  by  chapter  482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
   15  follows:
   16    S 7. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
   17  sections  one, two, four and five of this act shall expire and be deemed
   18  repealed December 31, [2014] 2015, when upon such date the provisions of
   19  sections three and six of this act shall take effect.
   20    S 4. On or before January 31, 2015, the state board of elections shall
   21  submit a report to the governor,  speaker  of  the  assembly,  temporary
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11403-03-4
       S. 7371--A                          2
    1  president of the senate and the chairs of the committees on election law
    2  of  the  senate  and  the  assembly  concerning  the  administration  of
    3  elections  by  villages,  school  districts,  fire  districts,   library
    4  districts  and  other municipal corporations required to hold elections.
    5  The report shall include recommendations and guidance for such villages,
    6  districts and municipal corporations to migrate to  the  use  of  voting
    7  systems  which  are compliant with section 7-202 of the election law and
    8  applicable state board of elections rules and  regulations.  The  report
    9  shall  also  include  an  analysis of the cost and fiscal impact to such
   10  villages, districts and  municipal  corporations  for  transitioning  to
   11  voting systems that comply with section 7-202 of the election law. Prior
   12  to  preparing and issuing the report, the state board of elections shall
   13  solicit, and take into consideration, recommendations from  stakeholders
   14  including, but not necessarily limited to, the New York state department
   15  of  education,  the  New  York  school  boards association, the New York
   16  conference of mayors and the New York state association of counties.
   17    S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
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