Assembly Bill A6692

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Prohibits certain elected officials from serving as delegates to the constitutional convention

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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-A6692 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1004
Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Add §6-170, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5277
2011-2012: A196
2013-2014: A921
2015-2016: A7415, S6882
2019-2020: S72

2017-A6692 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, comptroller, any state legislator, any elected county, city, town or village official, or any person who currently holds elective office from serving as a delegate to the constitutional convention.

2017-A6692 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6692
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. GALEF, PAULIN, MAGEE, THIELE, McDONALD, WOERNER
   -- Multi-Sponsored by  --  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY,  BLANKENBUSH,  CROUCH,
   GOODELL,  HAWLEY, KOLB, McDONOUGH, OAKS, RAIA, SKOUFIS, WALTER -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in  relation  to  prohibiting  certain
   elected  officials  from  serving  as  delegates to the constitutional
   convention
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The election law is amended by adding a new section 6-170
 to read as follows:
   § 6-170. CONSTITUTIONAL DELEGATES. THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT  GOVERNOR,
 ATTORNEY GENERAL, COMPTROLLER, ANY STATE LEGISLATOR, ANY ELECTED COUNTY,
 CITY,  TOWN, OR VILLAGE OFFICIAL OR ANY PERSON WHO CURRENTLY HOLDS ELEC-
 TIVE OFFICE SHALL NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO QUALIFY AS A CANDIDATE FOR DELEGATE
 FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02878-01-7

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