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Jan 09, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A155
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
D'URSO
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Fred Thiele
Angelo Santabarbara
Felix Ortiz
Andrew Raia
multi-Sponsors
Nader Sayegh
2019-A155 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §4-104, El L
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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A11356
2019-A155 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to requests for cancellation of the designation of a polling place; provides that the board or agency controlling a designated polling place may file a written request for a cancellation of such designation where there has been a security concern in such building and that such building does not possess the proper structure or procedures to keep the public safe in the event of a security concern arising during the use of such building as a polling site.
2019-A155 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 155 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 9, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO, THIELE, SANTABARBARA, ORTIZ, RAIA, RA, LAWRENCE, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requests for cancella- tion of the designation of a polling place THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 4-104 of the election law, as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows: 3. (A) A building exempt from taxation shall be used whenever possible as a polling place if it is situated in the same or a contiguous election district, and may contain as many distinctly separate polling places as public convenience may require. The expense, if any, inci- dental to its use, shall be paid like the expense of other places of registration and voting. If a board or body empowered to designate poll- ing places chooses a public school building for such purpose, the board or agency which controls such building must make available a room or rooms in such building which are suitable for registration and voting and which are as close as possible to a convenient entrance to such building and must make available any such room or rooms which the board or body designating such building determines are accessible to phys- ically disabled voters as provided in subdivision one-a OF THIS SECTION. NOT LATER THAN TWENTY DAYS AFTER A PUBLIC SCHOOL BUILDING RECEIVES NOTICE OF ITS DESIGNATION AS A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD OR AGENCY CONTROLLING SUCH BUILDING MAY FILE A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR A CANCELLATION OF SUCH DESIGNATION, PROVIDED THAT SUCH BOARD OR AGENCY MAKES A SHOWING THAT SUCH BUILDING DOES NOT POSSESS THE PROPER STRUCTURE OR PROCEDURES TO KEEP THE PUBLIC SAFE IN THE EVENT OF A SECURITY CONCERN ARISING DURING THE USE OF SUCH BUILDING AS A POLLING SITE. THE BOARD OR BODY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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