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Senate Bill S2075
2011-2012 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
2011-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Elections
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง6-114 & 6-116, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
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S1585
2011-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides that party nominations for an office to be filled at a special election shall be made by a majority vote of a quorum of the members of the county committee last elected in the political subdivision or, if such office is in a district containing all or part of two or more counties outside the city of New York or in a district partly within and partly without such city, or if such office is to be elected by all the voters of a county having a population of over seven hundred fifty thousand such nomination may be made in the manner prescribed by the rules of the party; provides with respect to an election to fill certain vacancies that if such office is to be filled in a district containing all or part of two or more counties outside the city of New York or in a district partly within and partly without such city or if such office is to be elected by all the voters of such city or all the voters of a county having a population of over seven hundred fifty thousand, the election shall be by a majority vote of a quorum of the members of such other committee as the rules of the party may provide.
2011-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2075 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to party nominations at special elections and elections to fill a vacancy PURPOSE: To provide that nominations for public offices to be filled in special elections be made by vote of the members of the county committee from the political districts involved. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Whenever a special election to fill a vacancy in a public office is called, party nominations for that office would be made by a vote of a majority of the members of the county committee, a quorum being present, representing election districts within the political subdivision in which the vacancy exists. Present law allows the rules of each party's county organization to provide the manner in which nominations for special elections are to be made. JUSTIFICATION: A party nomination for public
2011-S2075 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2075 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 18, 2011 ___________ 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, in relation to party nominations at special elections and elections to fill a vacancy THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6-114 of the election law is amended to read as follows: S 6-114. Party nominations; special election. Party nominations for an office to be filled at a special election shall be made BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF A QUORUM OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY COMMITTEE LAST ELECTED IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION IN WHICH SUCH SPECIAL ELECTION IS TO BE HELD OR, IF SUCH OFFICE IS TO BE FILLED IN A DISTRICT CONTAINING ALL OR PART OF TWO OR MORE COUNTIES OUTSIDE THE CITY OF NEW YORK OR IN A DISTRICT PARTLY WITHIN AND PARTLY WITHOUT SUCH CITY, OR IF SUCH OFFICE IS TO BE ELECTED BY ALL THE VOTERS OF A COUNTY HAVING A POPULATION OF OVER SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND, SUCH NOMINATION MAY BE MADE in the manner prescribed by the rules of the party. S 2. Section 6-116 of the election law, as amended by chapter 373 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: S 6-116. Party nominations; election to fill a vacancy. A party nomination of a candidate for election to fill a vacancy in an elective office required to be filled at the next general election, occurring after seven days before the last day for circulating designating petitions or after the holding of the meeting or convention to nominate or designate candidates for such, shall be made, after the day of the primary election, by a majority vote of a quorum of the state committee if the vacancy occurs in an office to be filled by all voters of the state, and otherwise by a majority vote of a quorum of the members of a county committee or committees last elected in the political subdivision in which such vacancy is to be filled, or, IF SUCH OFFICE IS TO BE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06697-01-1
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