Senate Bill S7859

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of voting systems by municipalities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee

  • 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-S7859 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1864
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-224, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10538
2021-2022: S4014, A4238

2019-S7859 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of voting systems by municipalities; provides for the determination of actual expenses of the board.

2019-S7859 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7859 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7859
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 26, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- 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  the  use  of  voting
   systems by municipalities
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 3-224 of the election law, as  amended  by  chapter
 180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   §  3-224. Voting [machines] SYSTEMS; use of by other than the board of
 elections.   The board of  elections  [may]  SHALL,  WHENEVER  POSSIBLE,
 permit  towns, villages, school districts, fire, ambulance, water, sani-
 tation, police and other special districts  within  the  county  to  use
 voting  [machines]  SYSTEMS and other equipment owned by it and used for
 the conduct of elections or for educational and instructional  purposes,
 upon  such  [rental and other] terms and conditions as shall be fixed by
 [it] THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING A DETERMINATION OF COSTS  NOT  TO
 EXCEED  ACTUAL  EXPENSES  OF SUCH BOARD. Such board may similarly permit
 the use of such [machines] SYSTEMS by associations and organizations for
 the conduct of elections where it judges  the  use  of  such  [machines]
 SYSTEMS  for  elections conducted by such associations and organizations
 will be in the public interest.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05240-01-9

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