Assembly Bill A2570

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of signatures for designating petitions in the year 2019

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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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2019-A2570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2862
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-136, El L

2019-A2570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of signatures for designating petitions for 2019; provides such shall be reduced by one-quarter, rounded down to the nearest whole number.

2019-A2570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2570
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 23, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. JONES, WOERNER -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the  number  of  signa-
   tures for designating petitions in the year 2019
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 6-136 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
 new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
   4. EXCEPT FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION TWO
 OF THIS SECTION, FOR DESIGNATIONS MADE BY PETITION IN THE YEAR TWO THOU-
 SAND  NINETEEN,  THE  SIGNATURE REQUIREMENT NUMBERS STATED IN PARAGRAPHS
 (A) THROUGH (L) OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE  REDUCED  BY
 ONE-QUARTER, ROUNDED DOWN TO THE NEAREST WHOLE NUMBER.
   §  2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December
 31, 2019 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be  deemed
 repealed.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08717-01-9

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