NY State Senate Bill 2017-S7049

Senate Bill S7049

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to designating every government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration form distribution and assistance

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 03, 2018	referred to elections

2017-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9703
Current Committee:: Senate Elections
Law Section:: Election Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §5-211, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S687, A1703
2021-2022: S3617, A4232
2023-2024: S866, A1995

2017-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2017-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7049

SPONSOR: ORTT
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the election law, in relation to designating every
government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and
dispose of firearms as participating agencies for voter registration
form distribution and assistance

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Would require every court and law enforcement agency who have responsi-
bility to issue licenses to carry, posses, repair or dispose of firearms
to implement a program for the distribution of voter registration forms

 
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends section 5-211 of the election law to require every
court and law enforcement agency who have responsibility to issue
licenses to carry, posses, repair or dispose of firearms to implement a

program for the distribution of voter registration forms. Further also
adds them to the list of entities that must provide assistance in the
completion of these forms.

Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law entities such as the Department of Labor, Office for
the Aging, Division of Veterans' and Military Affairs, Office of Mental
Health, Office of People with Developmental Disabilities, Office of
Alcoholism and Substance Abuse are required to provide forms and assist-
ance as it relates to voter registration forms. Further Executive Order
169 of 2017 required all State Agencies to provide voter registration
forms and assistance. This legislation continues the spirit of this law,
and executive order by expanding voter registration opportunities.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Minimal.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
120 days

2017-S7049 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7049
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 3, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ORTT  --  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  designating  every
   government  entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair and
   dispose of firearms as participating agencies for  voter  registration
   form distribution and assistance
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
 as amended by chapter 265 of the laws of 2013, is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Each  agency designated as a participating agency under the provisions
 of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
 of voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this  section.
 The  following  offices  which  provide public assistance and/or provide
 state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
 with disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration  agencies:
 designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
 office  of  children  and  family  services, the office of temporary and
 disability assistance and the department of health. Also  designated  as
 public  assistance  agencies  are  all agencies of local government that
 provide such assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies  that  provide
 programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
 ities  are  the  department  of labor, office for the aging, division of
 veterans' affairs, office of mental health,  office  of  vocational  and
 educational  services  for  individuals with disabilities, commission on
 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office [of mental retardation
 and] FOR PEOPLE WITH  developmental  disabilities,  commission  for  the
 blind,  office of alcoholism and substance abuse services, the office of
 the advocate for the disabled and all offices which administer  programs
 established or funded by such agencies. Additional [state] PARTICIPATING
 agencies  designated as voter registration offices are the department of
 state [and], the [division] DISTRICT OFFICES  of  THE  workers'  compen-

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13375-01-7

 S. 7049                             2
 
 sation  BOARD AND EVERY COURT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN SUCH ENTI-
 TIES ARE ISSUING LICENSES  TO  CARRY,  POSSESS,  REPAIR  OR  DISPOSE  OF
 FIREARMS.    Such agencies shall be required to offer voter registration
 forms  to  persons  upon  initial  application for services, FOR PARTIC-
 IPATION IN ACTIVITIES OR FOR USE OF  FACILITIES,  AND  UPON  renewal  or
 recertification for services and UPON change of address relating to such
 services,  PARTICIPATION  IN  ACTIVITIES  OR  USE  OF  FACILITIES OF THE
 AGENCY. Such agencies shall also be responsible for providing assistance
 to applicants in completing  voter  registration  forms,  receiving  and
 transmitting the completed application form from all applicants who wish
 to have such form transmitted to the appropriate board of elections. The
 state  board  of  elections  shall, together with representatives of the
 UNITED STATES department of defense, develop  and  implement  procedures
 for  including  recruitment  offices  of  the armed forces of the United
 States as voter registration offices when such offices are so designated
 by federal law. The state board OF ELECTIONS shall also make request  of
 the  United  States [Immigration and Naturalization Service] CITIZENSHIP
 AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES to include  applications  for  registration  by
 mail  with  any  materials  which  are given to new citizens. All insti-
 tutions of the state university of New York and the city  university  of
 New York, shall, at the beginning of the school year, and again in Janu-
 ary  of  a  year  in  which  the president of the United States is to be
 elected, provide an application for VOTER registration to  each  student
 in  each  such  institution.  The state board of elections may, by regu-
 lation, grant a waiver from any or  all  of  the  requirements  of  this
 section  to any office or program of an agency, if it determines that it
 is not feasible for such office or program to administer  such  require-
 ment.
   §  2.    This  act  shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day
 after it shall have become a law, provided however, that effective imme-
 diately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of  any  rules  or  regu-
 lations  necessary  for  the implementation of this act on its effective
 date are authorized and directed to be made and completed on  or  before
 such effective date.

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