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                                   4232
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 1, 2021
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 Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  HAWLEY,  BLANKENBUSH,  DiPIETRO,  FRIEND,
   J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO, NORRIS, DeSTEFANO, ASHBY, SALKA -- read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Election Law
 
 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  separately  amended  by chapters 587 and 672 of the laws of 2019, 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'  services,  office  of mental health, office of vocational and
 educational services for individuals with  disabilities,  commission  on
 quality of care for the mentally disabled, office for people with devel-
 opmental  disabilities,  commission  for the blind, office of alcoholism
 and substance abuse services, the office of the advocate for  the  disa-
 bled  and all offices which administer programs established or funded by
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 such agencies. Additional participating  agencies  designated  as  voter
 registration  offices  are  the  department of state [and], the district
 offices of the workers' compensation  board  AND  EVERY  COURT  AND  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  AGENCY  WHEN  SUCH  ENTITIES 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,  UPON  renewal  or  recertification  for  services [and],
 PARTICIPATION IN ACTIVITIES OR USE OF FACILITIES OF THE AGENCY, AND upon
 change of address relating to such services. 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 Citizen-
 ship  and  Immigration Services to include applications for registration
 by mail with any materials which are given to new citizens.
   § 2.  This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  twentieth  day
 after  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition,
 amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
 implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date is authorized to be
 made on or before such date.