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                                  7544

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 18, 2015
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Introduced  by  M. of A. THIELE, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the election  of  trus-
  tees of the Long Island Power Authority

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2 of section 6-142 of
the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of  the  laws  of  1992,  are
amended to read as follows:
  (h)  [for  the  office  of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,
five hundred;
  (i)] for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdi-
vision contained within another political subdivision except  as  herein
otherwise  provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for
the larger subdivision.
  S 2. Subdivision 9 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by
chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
  9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled
at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than twelve
weeks and not later than eleven weeks preceding such election.  A  peti-
tion  for  an  independent  nomination  for  an office to be filled at a
special election shall be filed not later than twelve days following the
issuance of a proclamation of such election. [A petition for trustee  of
the  Long  Island  Power Authority shall be filed not earlier than seven
weeks and not later than six weeks preceding the day of the election  of
such trustees.]
  S  3.  Subdivision 7 of section 14-100 of the election law, as amended
by chapter 480 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
  7. "candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for  election,
or election, to any public office or party position to be voted for at a
primary,  general  or special or New York city community school district

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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election [or election for trustee of the Long Island  Power  Authority,]
whether or not the public office or party position has been specifically
identified  at such time and whether or not such individual is nominated
or  elected,  and, for purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall
be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to an office  or
position,  if  he  OR  SHE has (1) taken the action necessary to qualify
himself OR HERSELF for nomination for  election,  or  election,  or  (2)
received  contributions  or  made expenditures, given his OR HER consent
for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with
a view to  bringing  about  his  OR  HER  nomination  for  election,  or
election,  to  any office or position at any time whether in the year in
which such contributions or expenditures are made or at any other  time;
and
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.