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                                   7043
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 29, 2017
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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.
   § 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.]
   §  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
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.