Assembly Bill A4200

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Removes the requirement of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes of petitions

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    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A4200 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§6-132, 6-140, 6-204 & 6-206, El L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A2574
2019-2020: A374
2021-2022: A366

2023-A4200 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes the requirement of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes of petitions; requires the notary public to inquire whether the person is the same listed on the address.

2023-A4200 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4200
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to removing  the  require-
   ment of a sworn statement administered by a notary public for purposes
   of petitions
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 6-132  of  the  election  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  106  of  the  laws  of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3. In lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a  duly  quali-
 fied  voter  of  the  state,  the following statement signed by a notary
 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
   On the dates above indicated before me personally  came  each  of  the
 voters  whose  signatures  appear  on  this  petition  sheet  containing
 ............. (fill in number) signatures, who signed same in  my  pres-
 ence [and who, being by me duly sworn, each for himself or herself, said
 that  the  foregoing  statement  made  and subscribed by him or her, was
 true] AFTER INQUIRY AS TO WHETHER THE PERSON IS THE SAME PERSON THAT  IS
 LISTED AT THAT ADDRESS ON INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
 TO THE  NOTARY PUBLIC OR COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS.
 Date:..................
 
                                         .............................
                                         (Signature and official title
                                         of officer administering oath)
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 6-140 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 106 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  In  lieu of the signed statement of a witness who is a duly quali-
 fied voter of the state, the following  statement  signed  by  a  notary
 public or commissioner of deeds shall be accepted:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05486-01-3
              

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