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A01345 Summary:
BILL NO | A01345 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S01368 |
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SPONSOR | Zebrowski |
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COSPNSR | Buchwald, Galef, Jaffee, Abinanti |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Amd §§81, 91 & 85, Town L | |
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Relates to town elections and permissive referendums. |
A01345 Actions:
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01/11/2017 | referred to election law | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/26/2017 | reported | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/27/2017 | advanced to third reading cal.179 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2017 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2017 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/12/2017 | REFERRED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | DIED IN SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/03/2018 | ordered to third reading cal.91 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2018 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2018 | delivered to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
01/23/2018 | REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT |
A01345 Committee Votes:
Cusick | Aye | Norris | Nay | ||||||
Galef | Aye | McKevitt | Nay | ||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | Lupinacci | Nay | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Brabenec | Aye | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
Kavanagh | Aye | ||||||||
Abinanti | Aye | ||||||||
Buchwald | Aye | ||||||||
Blake | Aye | ||||||||
Walker | Excused | ||||||||
Carroll | Aye | ||||||||
Vanel | Aye | ||||||||
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A01345 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Lifton
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Lopez
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Simanowitz
ER
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Graf
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Gunther
No
Lupinacci
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Harris
Yes
Magee
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
ER
Hevesi
ER
Malliotakis
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barron
ER
Dickens
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hooper
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hunter
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Blake
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
McKevitt
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
McLaughlin
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Titone
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titus
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Errigo
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Miller MG
No
Ra
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Johns
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Raia
Yes
Walker
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Farrell
Yes
Jones
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Finch
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Butler
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Kavanagh
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walter
Yes
Byrne
No
Friend
Yes
Kearns
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Galef
Yes
Kim
ER
Moya
Yes
Rosenthal
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Gantt
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Niou
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Colton
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gjonaj
Yes
Lawrence
No
Norris
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
ER
Crespo
Yes
Glick
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Gunther
Yes
Mayer
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Curran
ER
Harris
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Hawley
ER
McDonough
Yes
Quart
Yes
Titone
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
No
Ra
ER
Titus
Yes
Barclay
ER
Davila
Yes
Hikind
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Raia
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Hooper
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Walker
Yes
Barrett
ER
DenDekker
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Barron
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Morelle
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Walter
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dinowitz
ER
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Blake
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jenne
Yes
Murray
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Williams
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Braunstein
No
Errigo
Yes
Joyner
No
Norris
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Wright
Yes
Brindisi
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Kim
Yes
Oaks
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Finch
Yes
Kolb
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Fitzpatrick
No
Lalor
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Sepulveda
Yes
Butler
No
Friend
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simon
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Galef
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palmesano
ER
Simotas
Yes
Cahill
ER
Gantt
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Skartados
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Skoufis
Yes
Castorina
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pellegrino
Yes
Solages
Yes
Colton
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magee
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Stec
Yes
Cook
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Perry
Yes
Steck
Yes
Crespo
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Stirpe
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A01345 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1345 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE, ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to town elections and permis- sive referendums The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The opening paragraph and subdivision 4 of section 81 of 2 the town law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of 3 1984, is amended to read as follows: 4 The town board may, upon its own motion, cause to be submitted at a 5 general election, or a special or biennial town election and shall upon 6 a petition, as hereinafter provided, cause to be submitted at [a special7or biennial town] the next general election, unless such petition states 8 that a special election be held a proposition: 9 4. Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated, in the manner 10 provided by the election law for the authentication of nominating 11 petitions, by electors of the town qualified to vote upon a proposition 12 to raise and expend money, in number equal to at least five per centum 13 of the total votes cast for governor in said town at the last general 14 election held for the election of state officers, but such number shall 15 not be less than one hundred in a town of the first class nor less than 16 twenty-five in a town of the second class. If such a petition be filed 17 in the office of the town clerk [not less than sixty days, nor] more 18 than seventy-five days, prior to [a biennial town] the general election, 19 the proposition shall be submitted at such [biennial] general election. 20 If a petition [be presented at any other time, a special election shall21be called to be held not less than sixty days, nor more than seventy-22five days after the filing of such petition] is filed in the office of 23 the town clerk less than seventy-five days prior to the general election 24 then it shall be submitted at the general election in the following 25 year. If a petition states that a special election be held on such EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD01970-01-7A. 1345 2 1 proposition then it shall be submitted at a special election held not 2 less than sixty days, nor more than seventy-five days after the filing 3 of such petition. The board of elections of a county may apportion costs 4 under this section, as provided by subdivision two of section 4-136 of 5 the election law. 6 § 2. Section 91 of the town law, as amended by chapter 37 of the laws 7 of 2000, is amended to read as follows: 8 § 91. Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town 9 board as set forth in the preceding section shall not take effect until 10 thirty days after its adoption; nor until approved by the affirmative 11 vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such town or district 12 affected, voting on such proposition, if within thirty days after its 13 adoption there be filed with the town clerk a petition signed, and 14 acknowledged or proved, or authenticated by electors of the town quali- 15 fied to vote upon a proposition to raise and expend money, in number 16 equal to at least five per centum of the total vote cast for governor in 17 said town at the last general election held for the election of state 18 officers, but which shall not be less than one hundred in a town of the 19 first class nor less than twenty-five in a town of the second class, 20 protesting against such act or resolution and requesting that it be 21 submitted to the qualified electors of the town or district affected, 22 for their approval or disapproval. If such petition be so filed [not] 23 more than seventy-five days [nor less than sixty days] prior to [a bien-24nial town] the general election, a proposition for the approval of such 25 act or resolution shall be submitted at such [biennial town] general 26 election. If a petition be so filed [at any other time] less than seven- 27 ty-five days prior to the general election, a proposition for the 28 approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at [a special town29election to be held not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five days30after the filing of such petition] the general election in the following 31 year. If a petition states that a special election be held on such 32 proposition then it shall be submitted at a special election held not 33 less than sixty days, nor more than seventy-five days after the filing 34 of such petition. The petition may be made upon separate sheets and the 35 signatures to each sheet shall be authenticated in the manner provided 36 by the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. The 37 several sheets so signed and authenticated when fastened together and 38 offered for filing shall be deemed to constitute one petition. If, with- 39 in five days after the filing of such petition, a written objection 40 thereto be filed with the town clerk, and a verified petition setting 41 forth the objections be presented by the person so filing such 42 objections to the supreme court or any justice thereof of the judicial 43 district in which such town is located, such court or justice within 44 twenty days shall determine any question arising thereunder and make 45 such order as justice may require. Such proceeding shall be heard and 46 determined in the manner prescribed by section 16-116 of the election 47 law. 48 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the town law is amended to read as 49 follows: 50 2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition 51 therefor at [any special or biennial town] the next general election. At 52 the first biennial town election held at least one hundred twenty days 53 after the adoption of a proposition to abolish the ward system for 54 election of councilmen, the electors of the town shall elect one-half of 55 the total number of town councilmen for the term of two years each and 56 one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the term of fourA. 1345 3 1 years each. At each biennial town election held thereafter there shall 2 be elected one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the term 3 of four years each. The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on the 4 first day of January next succeeding the date of their election. 5 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 6 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.