Assembly Bill A5641

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to nominating and designating petitions and certificates

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A5641 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1130
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-158, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10789, S4827
2013-2014: A111, S94
2015-2016: A5951, S84
2019-2020: A1400, S533
2021-2022: A2052, S1717
2023-2024: A6711
2025-2026: A2230

2017-A5641 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a candidate who files a certificate of acceptance for an office for which there have been filed certificates or petitions designating more than one candidate for the nomination of any party, may thereafter file a certificate of declination not later than the seventh day after the primary election.

2017-A5641 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5641
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 14, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A. KAVANAGH, QUART, FAHY, OTIS, ABINANTI, ROZIC,
   JAFFEE, PAULIN, COLTON, HEVESI --  Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.
   DINOWITZ,  SIMON, THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to nominating  and  desig-
   nating petitions and certificates

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 6-158  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  434  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. A certificate of acceptance or declination of a  designation  shall
 be  filed  not later than the fourth day after the last day to file such
 designation, EXCEPT THAT A CANDIDATE WHO FILES  SUCH  A  CERTIFICATE  OF
 ACCEPTANCE FOR AN OFFICE FOR WHICH THERE HAVE BEEN FILED CERTIFICATES OR
 PETITIONS  DESIGNATING MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION OF ANY
 PARTY, MAY THEREAFTER FILE A CERTIFICATE OF DECLINATION NOT  LATER  THAN
 THE SEVENTH DAY AFTER THE PRIMARY ELECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 

 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00273-01-7

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