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                                   7431
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. WALKER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN  ACT to amend a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the election law
   relating to establishing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights  Act  of  New
   York,  establishing  rights  of action for denying or abridging of the
   right of any member of a protected class to vote, providing assistance
   to language-minority groups, requiring certain political  subdivisions
   to  receive  preclearance  for  potential violations of the NYVRA, and
   creating civil liability for voter intimidation, as proposed in legis-
   lative bills numbers S. 1046-E and  A.  6678-E,  in  relation  to  the
   effectiveness thereof
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 5 of a chapter of the laws  of  2022  amending  the
 election  law  relating  to establishing the John R. Lewis Voting Rights
 Act of New York, establishing rights of action for denying or  abridging
 of  the  right  of  any  member  of a protected class to vote, providing
 assistance to  language-minority  groups,  requiring  certain  political
 subdivisions  to  receive  preclearance  for potential violations of the
 NYVRA, and creating civil liability for voter intimidation, as  proposed
 in legislative bills numbers S. 1046-E and A. 6678-E, is amended to read
 as follows:
   §  5. This act shall take effect [immediately; provided, however, that
 paragraph (c) of subdivision seven of section 17-206 of the election law
 as added by section four of this act shall take effect one year after it
 shall have become a law; and provided further, however,] JULY  1,  2023;
 PROVIDED  that  section  17-208  of the election law as added by section
 four of this act shall take effect  three  years  after  it  shall  have
 become  a law; and provided further, however, that section 17-210 of the
 election law, as added by section four of this act,  shall  take  effect
 one  year  after  the  attorney general certifies that the office of the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 attorney general is prepared to execute the duties assigned  in  section
 four  of  this  act,  if  after  the expiration of one year the attorney
 general requires more time to certify that the office  of  the  attorney
 general  is  prepared  to execute the duties assigned in section four of
 this act, the attorney general, may, for good cause shown, apply to  the
 governor  for  such an extension of time. The governor may grant or deny
 an extension of up to one year according to his or her  discretion.  The
 attorney  general  shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission
 upon the occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for  in
 section  four  of  this act in order that the commission may maintain an
 accurate and timely effective data base of the official text of the laws
 of the state of New York in furtherance of effectuating  the  provisions
 of  section  44  of  the  legislative law and section 70-b of the public
 officers law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.