Assembly Bill A8242

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Extends the timeframe during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted

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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-A8242 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §16-102, El L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A10646

2021-A8242 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the timeframe during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meeting of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted to twenty-five days after the holding of such primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.

2021-A8242 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8242
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to extending the timeframe
   during which a proceeding with respect to a primary, convention, meet-
   ing of a party committee or caucus shall be instituted

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of section 16-102 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 79 of the  laws  of  1992,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  A proceeding with respect to a petition shall be instituted within
 fourteen days after the last day to file the petition, or  within  three
 business  days  after the officer or board with whom or which such peti-
 tion was filed, makes a determination of invalidity with respect to such
 petition, whichever is later; except that a proceeding with respect to a
 petition for a village election  or  an  independent  nomination  for  a
 special  election  shall  be instituted within seven days after the last
 day to file the petition for such village election or independent  nomi-
 nation  or  within  three  business days after the officer or board with
 whom or which such petition was filed, makes a determination of invalid-
 ity with respect to such petition, whichever is later. A proceeding with
 respect to a primary, convention,  meeting  of  a  party  committee,  or
 caucus shall be instituted within [ten] TWENTY-FIVE days after the hold-
 ing  of  such  primary or convention or the filing of the certificate of
 nominations made at such caucus or meeting of a party committee.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13041-01-1

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