Assembly Actions -
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May 17, 2012 |
advanced to third reading cal.574 |
May 16, 2012 |
reported |
Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to election law |
Jan 05, 2011 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A813
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
DINOWITZ
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- 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
co-Sponsors
Rhoda Jacobs
William Scarborough
Brian Kavanagh
Ellen C. Jaffee
multi-Sponsors
Barbara Clark
William Colton
Deborah Glick
Richard Gottfried
2011-A813 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-A813 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Designates state and city universities of New York as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance; permits independent institutions to do the same upon request; requires SUNY and CUNY independent institutions to offer each applicant an application for an absentee ballot.
2011-A813 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 813 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, JACOBS, SCARBOROUGH, KAVANAGH, JAFFEE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK, COLTON, GLICK, GOTTFRIED, GUNTHER, McENENY, PERRY, PHEFFER, SWEENEY, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to designating the state and city universities of New York as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance, and permitting inde- pendent institutions of higher education to do the same upon request THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law, as amended by chapter 200 of the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: Each agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section. The following offices which provide public assistance and/or provide state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies: designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the department of [social services] FAMILY ASSISTANCE and the department of health. Also designated as public assistance agencies are all agencies of local government that provide such assistance. Designated as state agencies that provide programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabilities are the department of labor, office for the aging, division of veterans' affairs, office of mental health, office of vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities, commission on quality of care for the mentally disabled, office of mental retardation and developmental disabilities, commission for the blind and visually handicapped, office of alcoholism and substance abuse EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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