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Assembly Bill A297
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
LANCMAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly 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
2011-A297 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §42, Pub Off L; add §6-115, amd §6-158, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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A2001
2011-A297 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 297 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LANCMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the election law, in relation to enacting the "U.S. Senate vacancy election act" THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "U.S. Senate vacancy election act". S 2. Subdivision 4-a of section 42 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 4-a. (A) If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator from this state [in any even numbered calendar year on or after the fifty-ninth day prior to the annual primary election, or thereafter during said even numbered year], the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the [third day of January in the year following the next even numbered calendar year] SPECIAL ELECTION HELD TO FILL SUCH VACANCY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION IS CERTIFIED BY THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. [If such vacancy occurs in any even numbered calendar year on or before the sixtieth day prior to an annual primary election, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the next calendar year. If a vacancy occurs in the office of United States senator from this state in any odd numbered calendar year, the governor shall make a temporary appointment to fill such vacancy until the third day of January in the next odd numbered calendar year. Such an appointment shall be evidenced by a certificate of the governor which shall be filed in the office of the state board of elections. At the time for filing such certificate, the governor shall issue and file in the office of the state board of EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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