Assembly Bill A7387

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides residency of a person at the time of filing certain petitions shall be presumed to be the residence address of such person

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1429
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6-122, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6395, S1329
2013-2014: S432
2015-2016: S2323
2017-2018: S4221

2009-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides residency of a person at the time of filing a designating or nominating petition or a certificate of designation, nomination or substitution shall be presumed to be the residence address of such person at the time of commencement of the term of his or her office or position.

2009-A7387 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7387

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Election Law

AN   ACT   to  amend  the  election  law,  in  relation  to  eligibility
  restrictions for designation or nomination

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  6-122 of the election law, as amended by chapter
511 of the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows:
  S 6-122. Designation or nomination; eligibility, restrictions.
  1. A person shall not be designated or nominated for a  public  office
or party position who (1) is not a citizen of the state of New York; (2)
is  ineligible  to be elected to such office or position; or (3) who, if
elected will not at the time of commencement of the term of such  office
or position, meet the constitutional or statutory qualifications thereof
or,  with  respect to judicial office, who will not meet such qualifica-
tions within thirty days of the commencement of the term of such office.
  2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF  THIS  SECTION,  THE  RESIDENCE  ADDRESS  OF  A
PERSON, AT THE TIME OF FILING OF A DESIGNATING OR NOMINATING PETITION OR
A  CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION, NOMINATION OR SUBSTITUTION AND NAMED AS A
CANDIDATE FOR PUBLIC OFFICE  OR  PARTY  POSITION  IN  SUCH  PETITION  OR
CERTIFICATE,  SHALL  BE  PRESUMED  TO  BE  THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF SUCH
PERSON AT THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERM OF SUCH OFFICE  OR  POSI-
TION.
  3.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, IN THE EVENT A PERSON, WHO WAS
QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION,  CHANGES
HIS  OR  HER RESIDENCE SUBSEQUENT TO THE FILING OF A PETITION OR CERTIF-
ICATE, AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,  THE  NEW  RESI-
DENCE ADDRESS SHALL THEN BE PRESUMED TO BE THE RESIDENCE ADDRESS OF SUCH
PERSON AT THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE TERM OF PUBLIC OFFICE OR PARTY
POSITION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of December next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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