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A03080 Summary:

BILL NOA03080
 
SAME ASSAME AS S04998
 
SPONSORSayegh
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Requires a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.
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A03080 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A3080
 
SPONSOR: Sayegh
  TITLE OF BILL: An act requiring a joint report by the state board of elections and state education department concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections   PURPOSE: This bill would direct the State Board of Elections and the State Educa- tion Department to jointly examine, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections.   SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section l. The State Board of Elections and the State Education Depart- ment shall jointly examine, evaluate and make recommendations concerning the safety of students and staff at schools used as polling places for elections. Section 2. The State Board of Elections and/or the State Education Department may request and shall receive from any subdivision, depart- ment, board, bureau, commission, office, agency or other instrumentality of the state or of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and data as it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes set forth in this act. Section 3. Within six months of the effective date of this act, the State Board of Elections and the State Education Department shall submit a joint report of their findings, conclusions and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, and shall submit with such report such regulatory and legislative proposals as they deem necessary to implement their recommendations. Section 4. Effective Date.   JUSTIFICATION: Many schools serve as Election Day polling places. However, there exists a reasonable expectation for maintaining the safety and security of students and school staff, as well as the community members using the schools on election day. Therefore, it is necessary and proper for the Board of Elections and Department of Education to jointly consider the safety implications that arise from schools serving as polling places. If it is found that schools serving as polling places pose a serious risk to security, this study will provide for the Board of Elections and the Department of Education to make recommendations of feasible alterna- tives for polling places.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2013-14:A6774 (Englebright) referredt oe lection law 2015-16:A2488 (Englebright) referred to election law 2017-18:A6339 (Englebright) referred to election law 2019-20:A5688 (Englebright) referred to election law 2021-22:A7294 (Englebright) referred to election law   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: Minimal.   EFFECTIVE DATE: Within six months of the effective date of this act, the state board of elections and the state education department shall submit a joint report of their findings, conclusions and recommendations to the governor and the legislature, and shall submit with such report such regulatory and legislative proposals as they deem necessary to implement their recom- mendations.
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A03080 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3080
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 2, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SAYEGH -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  requiring  a  joint  report by the state board of elections and
          state education department concerning the safety of students and staff
          at schools used as polling places for elections

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  The  state  board  of  elections  and the state education
     2  department shall jointly  examine,  evaluate  and  make  recommendations
     3  concerning  the  safety of students and staff at schools used as polling
     4  places for elections.
     5    § 2. The state board of elections and/or the state  education  depart-
     6  ment  may  request  and  shall receive from any subdivision, department,
     7  board, bureau, commission, office, agency or  other  instrumentality  of
     8  the  state  or  of any political subdivision thereof such assistance and
     9  data as it deems necessary or desirable to effectuate the  purposes  set
    10  forth in this act.
    11    §  3.  Within  six months of the effective date of this act, the state
    12  board of elections and the state education  department  shall  submit  a
    13  joint  report  of their findings, conclusions and recommendations to the
    14  governor and the legislature, and shall submit  with  such  report  such
    15  regulatory and legislative proposals as they deem necessary to implement
    16  their recommendations.
    17    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07667-01-3
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