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A07606 Summary:

A07606 Actions:

A07606 Committee Votes:

Committee:ELECTION LAW   Chair:Lavine      
DATE:05/22/2019AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable         
Lavine
Aye
Norris
Aye
Galef
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Mikulin
Aye
Lentol
Excused
Tague
Aye
Lifton
Aye
Buchwald
Aye
Blake
Aye
Walker
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Taylor
Excused
Jacobson
Aye
D'Urso
Aye

A07606 Floor Votes:

A07606 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          7606
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 13, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Election Law
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the election law, in relation to the form of primary
          election ballots; to amend a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the
          election law relating to enacting the voter friendly  ballot  act,  as
          proposed  in  legislative  bills numbers S.   2300-A and A. 2682-A, in
          relation  to  the  effectiveness  thereof;   and   repealing   certain
          provisions of such law relating thereto
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subdivision 2  of  section  7-114  of  the
     2  election law is REPEALED.
     3    §  2.  Paragraph (c) of subdivision 2 of section 7-114 of the election
     4  law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the  election
     5  law  relating  to enacting the voter friendly ballot act, as proposed in
     6  legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A.  2682-A, is REPEALED.
     7    § 3. Subdivision 1 of section 16-104 of the election law is amended to
     8  read as follows:
     9    1. The form and content of any ballot, or portion thereof, to be  used
    10  in  an  election, and the right to use any emblem design, [color,] party
    11  or independent body name, may be contested in a proceeding instituted in
    12  the supreme court by any aggrieved candidate or by the chairman  of  any
    13  party committee or independent body.
    14    §  4.  Section  17  of  a  chapter  of  the laws of 2019, amending the
    15  election law relating to enacting the  voter  friendly  ballot  act,  as
    16  proposed  in  legislative  bills  numbers  S. 2300-A and A.   2682-A, is
    17  amended to read as follows:
    18    § 17. This act shall take effect [immediately] July 1, 2020 and  shall
    19  apply  to  ballots  to  be used for elections occurring on or after [the
    20  first day of July next succeeding the year in which it shall have become
    21  a law] such effective date. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11682-01-9
        A. 7606                             2
 
     1  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
     2  tation  of  this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
     3  completed on or before such effective date.
     4    §  5.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
     5  sections one and three of this act shall take effect  January  1,  2020;
     6  and  provided  further that section two of this act shall take effect on
     7  the same date and in the same manner as a chapter of the laws  of  2019,
     8  amending the election law relating to enacting the voter friendly ballot
     9  act,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 2300-A and A. 2682-A,
    10  takes effect.