Senate Bill S9788

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to filing minutes of convention

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S9788 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §6-158, El L

2023-S9788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the seventy-two hour filing requirement for minutes of a nomination convention to three days.

2023-S9788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9788
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the State Board of
   Elections) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed  to  be
   committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to filing minutes of
   convention
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  6  of  section 6-158 of the election law, as
 amended by chapter 474 of the laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   6.  (a)  A  certificate  of  a party nomination made other than at the
 primary election for an office to be filled at the  time  of  a  general
 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the June prima-
 ry  election,  (b) except that a certificate of nomination for an office
 which becomes vacant  after  the  seventh  day  preceding  such  primary
 election shall be filed not later than thirty days after the June prima-
 ry election or ten days after the creation of such vacancy, whichever is
 later,  and  (c) except, further, that a certificate of party nomination
 of candidates for elector of president and vice-president of the  United
 States  shall  be filed not later than seventy-three days after the June
 primary election, and (d) except still further  that  a  certificate  of
 party  nomination  made at a judicial district convention shall be filed
 not later than the day after the last day to hold  such  convention  and
 the  minutes of such convention, duly certified by the [chairman] CHAIR-
 PERSON and secretary, shall be filed within  [seventy-two  hours]  THREE
 DAYS  after  adjournment of the convention. A certificate of party nomi-
 nation for an office to be filled at a special election shall  be  filed
 not later than ten days following the issuance of a proclamation of such
 election,  provided,  however, such certificate shall be filed not later
 than seven days following the issuance of a proclamation for  a  special
 election  held  pursuant  to paragraph b of subdivision three of section
 forty-two of the public officers law.
   § 2. Subdivision 6 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by
 chapter 164 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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