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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9244--B
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 2, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PAULIN,  GALEF, ABINANTI, BUCHWALD, PRETLOW,
          MAYER, OTIS, KATZ -- read  once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Election  Law -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
          as amended and recommitted to said committee --  again  reported  from
          said  committee  with  amendments,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and
          recommitted to said committee
 

        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the filing of papers in
          the county of Westchester
 
          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 1-106 of the election law, as
     2  amended by chapter 700 of the laws  of  1977,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    1.  All papers required to be filed pursuant to the provisions of this
     5  chapter shall, unless otherwise provided, be filed between the hours  of
     6  nine A.M. and five P.M.
     7    On  the  last day of filing in the county of Westchester, petitions of
     8  designation or nomination shall be filed between the hours of nine  A.M.
     9  and midnight and such board of elections office shall be open to receive

    10  such  petitions  during  the hours herein specified. If the last day for
    11  filing shall fall on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the next busi-
    12  ness day shall become the last day for filing. All papers sent  by  mail
    13  in  an  envelope  postmarked prior to midnight of the last day of filing
    14  shall be deemed timely filed and  accepted  for  filing  when  received,
    15  except that all certificates and petitions of designation or nomination,
    16  certificates of acceptance or declination of such designations and nomi-
    17  nations,  certificates  of  substitution  for such designations or nomi-
    18  nations and objections and specifications of objections to such  certif-
    19  icates and petitions required to be filed with the board of elections of
    20  the  city  of  New  York must be actually received by such city board of
    21  elections on or before the last day to file any such  petition,  certif-

    22  icate or objection and such office shall be open for the receipt of such
    23  petitions, certificates and objections until midnight on the last day to
    24  file  any  such  petition, certificate or objection. Failure of the post
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14596-04-4
        A. 9244--B                          2
 
     1  office or any other person or  entity  to  deliver  any  such  petition,
     2  certificate  or  objection  to such city board of elections on or before
     3  such last day shall be a fatal defect.
     4    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.