Senate Bill S9795

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to use of voting systems by municipalities

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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-S9795 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-224, El L

2023-S9795 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the use of voting systems by towns, villages, school districts, fire, ambulance, water, sanitation, police and other special districts within a county.

2023-S9795 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9795 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9795
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 30, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  HINCHEY  --  (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 use of voting systems
   by municipalities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section  3-224 of the election law, as amended by chapter
 180 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 3-224. Voting [machines] SYSTEMS; use of by other than the board  of
 elections.    The  board  of  elections  [may] SHALL, WHENEVER POSSIBLE,
 permit towns, villages, school districts, fire, ambulance, water,  sani-
 tation,  police  and  other  special  districts within the county to use
 voting [machines] SYSTEMS and other equipment owned by it and  used  for
 the  conduct of elections or for educational and instructional purposes,
 upon such [rental and other] terms and conditions as shall be  fixed  by
 [it]  THE  BOARD  OF ELECTIONS INCLUDING A DETERMINATION OF COSTS NOT TO
 EXCEED ACTUAL EXPENSES OF SUCH BOARD. Such board  may  similarly  permit
 the use of such [machines] SYSTEMS by associations and organizations for
 the  conduct  of  elections  where  it judges the use of such [machines]
 SYSTEMS for elections conducted by such associations  and  organizations
 will be in the public interest.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the first day of January next
 succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15776-01-4

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