Assembly Bill A5844

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election

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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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2021-A5844 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5256
Law Section:
Elections

2021-A5844 - Summary

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-A5844 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5844
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Election Law
 
 AN ACT in relation to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed
   on  a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the
   voters of certain towns and the number of  signatures  required  on  a
   designating  petition  for  a village election; and to provide for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  2  of  section 6-136 of the
 election law:
   (a) the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a  designat-
 ing petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of towns
 containing  more than twenty-five thousand and not more than one hundred
 thousand inhabitants, according to the last  preceding  federal  enumer-
 ation,  shall be two times the number of election districts in such town
 or three hundred signatures, whichever is less;
   (b) the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a  designat-
 ing petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of towns
 containing  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitants or less, according to the
 last preceding federal enumeration, shall be two  times  the  number  of
 election  districts  in  such  town or one hundred and fifty signatures,
 whichever is less.
   § 2. Notwithstanding subdivision 2 of section 6-204  of  the  election
 law  and  paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 15-108 of the election
 law, the number of signatures required on a designating petition  for  a
 village  election  shall be one and one-half per centum of the number of
 enrolled voters of the party residing in the village.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed on December 31, 2021.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10152-01-1

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2021-A5844A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5256
Law Section:
Elections

2021-A5844A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the number of signatures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns and the number of signatures required on a designating petition for a village election; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof.

2021-A5844A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5844--A
                                                             R. R. 29
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Election Law -- reported and referred to the Committee on
   Rules  --  amended  on  the  special  order  of third reading, ordered
   reprinted as amended, retaining its place  on  the  special  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to the number of signa-
   tures of enrolled voters needed on a designating petition for any town
   office to be filled by all the voters of certain towns; relates to the
   number of signatures required on a designating petition for a  village
   election;  and  to  provide for the repeal of such provisions upon the
   expiration thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraphs (k) and (l) of subdivision 2 of section 6-136 of
 the  election  law,  as  amended  by chapter 22 of the laws of 2021, are
 amended and a new paragraph (m) is added to read as follows:
   (k) For any other office to be filled by the  voters  of  a  political
 subdivision  containing more than one assembly district, county or other
 political subdivision, not to exceed the  aggregate  of  the  signatures
 required  for  the  subdivisions  or parts of subdivisions so contained;
 [and]
   (l) For any county legislative  district,  one  hundred  fifty  signa-
 tures[.]; AND
   (M)  FOR ANY OFFICE TO BE FILLED BY ALL THE VOTERS OF TOWNS CONTAINING
 ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND INHABITANTS OR LESS, NOT TO EXCEED  THE  NUMBER  OF
 SIGNATURES  REQUIRED  BY PARAGRAPH (J) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, OR TWO TIMES
 THE NUMBER OF ELECTIONS DISTRICTS IN SUCH TOWN, WHICHEVER IS LESS.
   § 2. Notwithstanding subdivision 2 of section 6-204  of  the  election
 law  and  paragraph b of subdivision 3 of section 15-108 of the election
 law, the number of signatures required on a designating petition  for  a

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

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