Relates to establishing the New York state early voting fund; establishes such fund for the purpose of making payments to the board of elections of each county and the city of New York to reimburse any actual costs incurred by such boards of elections to provide polling places for early voting.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8349
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 9, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. KAVANAGH -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to establishing the
New York state early voting fund
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section
2 92-t to read as follows:
3 § 92-t. New York state early voting fund. 1. There is hereby estab-
4 lished in the joint custody of the state comptroller and the commission-
5 er of taxation and finance a fund to be known as the New York state
6 early voting fund.
7 2. Such fund shall consist of all revenues received from the abandoned
8 property fund pursuant to subdivision five of section ninety-five of
9 this article.
10 3. Moneys of the fund, following appropriation by the legislature, may
11 be expended for the purpose of making payments to the board of elections
12 of each county and the city of New York to reimburse any actual costs
13 incurred by such boards of elections to provide polling places for early
14 voting, including the cost of staffing such polling places, in any
15 general, primary, or special election in which early voting is required
16 by the election law. Moneys shall be paid out of the fund upon audit and
17 warrant by the state comptroller on vouchers certified or approved by
18 the state board of elections, or its duly designated representative, in
19 the manner prescribed by law.
20 4. Boards of elections seeking moneys from this fund shall submit
21 documentation detailing the costs described in subdivision three of this
22 section in a manner prescribed by the state board of elections.
23 5. The state board of elections and state comptroller shall issue any
24 such rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
25 section.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Section 95 of the state finance law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 5 to read as follows:
3 5. (a) As often as necessary, the co-chairs of the state board of
4 elections shall certify the amount such co-chairs have determined neces-
5 sary to fund estimated payments from the New York state early voting
6 fund established by section ninety-two-t of this article.
7 (b) Notwithstanding any provision of this section authorizing the
8 transfer of any moneys in the abandoned property fund to the general
9 fund, the comptroller, after reserving amounts sufficient to pay claims
10 against the abandoned property fund, shall, based upon a certification
11 of the state board of elections pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subdi-
12 vision, and at the direction of the director of the budget, transfer the
13 requested amount from remaining available monies in the abandoned prop-
14 erty fund to the New York state early voting fund established by section
15 ninety-two-t of this article.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
17 have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
18 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
19 for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized
20 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.