Bill Text: NY S09788 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Changes the seventy-two hour filing requirement for minutes of a nomination convention to three days.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-05 - referred to election law [S09788 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S09788-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9788 IN SENATE May 30, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the State Board of Elections) -- 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 filing minutes of convention The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 6-158 of the election law, as 2 amended by chapter 474 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 6. (a) A certificate of a party nomination made other than at the 5 primary election for an office to be filled at the time of a general 6 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the June prima- 7 ry election, (b) except that a certificate of nomination for an office 8 which becomes vacant after the seventh day preceding such primary 9 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the June prima- 10 ry election or ten days after the creation of such vacancy, whichever is 11 later, and (c) except, further, that a certificate of party nomination 12 of candidates for elector of president and vice-president of the United 13 States shall be filed not later than seventy-three days after the June 14 primary election, and (d) except still further that a certificate of 15 party nomination made at a judicial district convention shall be filed 16 not later than the day after the last day to hold such convention and 17 the minutes of such convention, duly certified by the [chairman] chair- 18 person and secretary, shall be filed within [seventy-two hours] three 19 days after adjournment of the convention. A certificate of party nomi- 20 nation for an office to be filled at a special election shall be filed 21 not later than ten days following the issuance of a proclamation of such 22 election, provided, however, such certificate shall be filed not later 23 than seven days following the issuance of a proclamation for a special 24 election held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section 25 forty-two of the public officers law. 26 § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by 27 chapter 164 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15780-01-4S. 9788 2 1 6. (a) A certificate of a party nomination made other than at the 2 primary election for an office to be filled at the time of a general 3 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the primary 4 election, (b) except that a certificate of nomination for an office 5 which becomes vacant after the seventh day preceding such primary 6 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the primary 7 election or ten days after the creation of such vacancy, whichever is 8 later, and (c) except, further, that a certificate of party nomination 9 of candidates for elector of president and vice-president of the United 10 States shall be filed not later than seventy-four days after the primary 11 election, and (d) except still further that a certificate of party nomi- 12 nation made at a judicial district convention shall be filed not later 13 than the day after the last day to hold such convention and the minutes 14 of such convention, duly certified by the [chairman] chairperson and 15 secretary, shall be filed within [seventy-two hours] three days after 16 adjournment of the convention. A certificate of party nomination for an 17 office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not later than 18 ten days following the issuance of a proclamation of such election, 19 provided, however, such certificate shall be filed not later than seven 20 days following the issuance of a proclamation for a special election 21 held pursuant to paragraph b of subdivision three of section forty-two 22 of the public officers law. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect on the fifteenth of December next 24 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law, provided that 25 the amendments to subdivision 6 of section 6-158 of the election law 26 made by section one of this act shall be subject to the expiration and 27 reversion of such subdivision pursuant to section 18 of chapter 474 of 28 the laws of 2023, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of 29 section two of this act shall take effect.
