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Senate Bill S1582
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S1582 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§4-108 & 4-116, El L; add §54-a, Leg L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
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S2100
2009-S1582 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Requires concurrent resolutions or laws containing statewide ballot proposals to include the form of submission on the ballot to a vote of the people, which form to be limited to a short title of the subject matter in plain language, an abstract concisely stating the purpose and effect of the proposal and amortization period and total debt service where appropriate and the complete text abstract and text to be available for public inspection at the polling place; makes related provisions for non-statewide ballot proposals, with form and abstract to be prepared by the office of the counsel of the county, city, town or village.
2009-S1582 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1582 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the election law and the legislative law, in relation to abstract and form of ballot proposals SUMMARY : This bill would amend § 4-108 and 4-116 of the Election Law and § 54-a of the Legislative Law to require that the State Legislature draft the form and abstract of a ballot proposal to be put to a statewide vote. The language, to be put to these voters, would be contained in a concurrent resolution or bill passed by the State Legislature. Ballot proposals to be submitted to a local vote would be prepared by local counsel. Currently, the State Board of Elections has sole authority over the form and abstract, with the Attorney General providing advice. This bill would also make certain technical amendments to section 4-108 of the Election Law. JUSTIFICATION : It is in the interest of democracy and good government to ensure that the public fully understands the content of amendments, propositions and authorization creating a State debt prior to voting upon them. At present, the Election Law requires the form of any such ballot proposal be stated in "plain English". Voters who feel that these abstracts are not in "plain English" may challenge the wording by
2009-S1582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1582 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 3, 2009 ___________ Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law and the legislative law, in relation to abstract and form of ballot proposals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 4-108 of the election law, paragraph b of subdivi- sion 1 as amended by chapter 117 of the laws of 1985, paragraph d of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 1978 and subdivision 3 as added by chapter 234 of the laws of 1976, is amended to read as follows: S 4-108. Certification of [proposed constitutional amendments and questions] BALLOT PROPOSALS. 1. a. Whenever any [proposed amendment to the constitution or other question] BALLOT PROPOSAL provided by law to be submitted to a statewide vote shall be submitted to the people for their approval, the state board of elections at least three months prior to the general election at which such [amendment, proposition or ques- tion] BALLOT PROPOSAL is to be submitted, shall transmit to each county board of elections a certified copy of the text of each [amendment, proposition or question and a statement of] BALLOT PROPOSAL TOGETHER WITH THE ABSTRACT OF SUCH BALLOT PROPOSAL AND the form in which it is to be submitted AS PROVIDED IN THE LAW OR CONCURRENT RESOLUTION SUBMITTING SUCH BALLOT PROPOSAL, PURSUANT TO SECTION FIFTY-FOUR-B OF THE LEGISLA- TIVE LAW. WHERE THE BALLOT PROPOSAL AUTHORIZES CREATION OF A STATE DEBT, THE ABSTRACT SHALL CONTAIN AN ESTIMATE OF THE ANTICIPATED NUMBER OF YEARS OVER WHICH SUCH DEBT SHALL BE AMORTIZED AND THE TOTAL EXPECTED DEBT SERVICE PAYABLE ON THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SUCH BONDS UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT. SUCH INFORMATION SHALL BE PROVIDED TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS BY THE STATE COMPTROLLER NOT LATER THAN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE LAW AUTHORIZING SUCH BALLOT PROPOSAL. COPIES OF SUCH TEXT AND ABSTRACT SHALL BE AVAILABLE FOR EXAMINATION BY VOTERS AT THE POLLING EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07319-01-9
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