Assembly Bill A851

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Removes certain requirement that notice of party caucus be filed and posted with the local board of elections in village elections

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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-A851 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง15-108, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A2369
2013-2014: A412

2009-A851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes certain requirement that notice of party caucus be filed and posted with the local board of elections in village elections.

2009-A851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                   851

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, GALEF, KOON, LATIMER -- Multi-Sponsored
  by -- M. of A.  BOYLAND, STIRPE, SWEENEY -- read once and referred  to
  the Committee on Election Law

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election law, in relation to filing and posting
  notice of party caucus at the local  board  of  elections  in  village
  elections

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph c of subdivision 2  of  section  15-108  of  the
election  law, as amended by chapter 160 of the laws of 1996, is amended
to read as follows:
  c. A notice of any party caucus held for making party nominations  for
village offices for village elections shall be given by the proper party
authorities by posting such notice in the public areas at the offices of
the village clerk [and the board of elections] and by filing such notice
with  such clerk [and such board] at least ten days preceding the day of
the caucus and, either by newspaper publication thereof once within  the
village  at  least  one  week  and not more than two weeks preceding the
caucus, or by posting such notice in six public places in the village at
least ten days preceding the day of the caucus.
  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.
                                                           LBD01435-01-9

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