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A02483 Summary:

BILL NO	A02483
SAME AS	No same as
SPONSOR	Pretlow
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Amd S3-202, El L
Relates to the terms of office of commissioners of elections; increases such terms from two to four years.

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A02483 Actions:

BILL NO	A02483
01/16/2009	referred to election law
01/06/2010	referred to election law
06/09/2010	held for consideration in election law

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A02483 Floor Votes:

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A02483 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2483
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 16, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Election Law
 
        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 Such determination may be rescinded by a  subsequent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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01721-01-9

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