Senate Bill S852

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2023-S852 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A605
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §4-102, El L (as proposed in S.4591-A & A.831-A)

2023-S852 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps in downloadable digital file formats compatible with geographic information (GIS) software.

2023-S852 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S852 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    852
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  accessibility  of
   congressional, senatorial, assembly and election district maps
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph e of  subdivision  5  of  section  4-102  of  the
 election  law,  as  added  by a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the
 election law relating to the accessibility of congressional, senatorial,
 assembly and election district maps, as proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S.  4591-A and A. 831-A, is amended to read as follows:
   e.  Copies  of  such  maps  shall be posted on the board of elections'
 website. In addition, each board  of  elections  shall  make  such  maps
 available in [a downloadable Shapefile format] DOWNLOADABLE DIGITAL FILE
 FORMATS  COMPATIBLE  WITH  GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) SOFTWARE,
 SUCH AS SHAPEFILE, GEODATABASE, KML, OR OTHER SIMILAR VECTOR  BASED  GIS
 FILE TYPES.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2022 amending the election law relat-
 ing to the accessibility  of  congressional,  senatorial,  assembly  and
 election  district  maps,  as  proposed  in legislative bills numbers S.
 4591-A and A.  831-A, takes effect.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04190-01-3

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