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S02050 Summary:

BILL NOS02050
 
SAME ASSAME AS A07289
 
SPONSORWEBB
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3-202, El L
 
Increases the term of office of an election commissioner from two to four years beginning January first of each odd numbered year.
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S02050 Actions:

BILL NOS02050
 
01/15/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
02/10/20251ST REPORT CAL.295
02/11/20252ND REPORT CAL.
02/12/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
03/12/2025PASSED SENATE
03/12/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
03/12/2025referred to election law
01/07/2026died in assembly
01/07/2026returned to senate
01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
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S02050 Memo:

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S02050 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2050
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  WEBB  --  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 the terms of office  of
          election commissioners
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  3-202  of  the  election  law  is
     2  amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  The term of office of an election commissioner shall be [two] four
     4  years beginning January first of each odd numbered year [except that  in
     5  the  city  of  New  York and the county of Schenectady the term shall be
     6  four years beginning on January first of  each  alternate  odd  numbered
     7  year. The county legislative body of any other county may determine that
     8  the  commissioners  of  elections thereafter appointed shall serve for a
     9  term of four years. Such determination may be rescinded by a  subsequent
    10  action  of  the  county  legislative body which shall take effect at the
    11  expiration of the terms of the commissioners then in office].
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  all
    13  elections occurring on and after November 1, 2026.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01875-01-5
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