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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         9321--A
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      April 9, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL, STIRPE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          LUPINACCI  --  read once and referred to the Committee on Education --
          reference changed to  the  Committee  on  Election  Law  --  committee
          discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
          to said committee
 
        AN  ACT  to amend chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the education

          law relating to use of lever voting machines; to amend  chapter  3  of
          the  laws of 2011 amending the election law relating to the number and
          use of voting machines in village elections; and to amend chapter  170
          of  the  laws  of  2011 amending the town law relating to the types of
          voting machines used in certain elections, in  relation  to  extending
          the provisions of such chapters
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 8 of chapter 359 of the laws of 2010  amending  the
     2  education  law  relating  to use of lever voting machines, as amended by
     3  chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
     4    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
     5  deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015.

     6    §  2. Section 2 of chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the election
     7  law relating to the  number  and  use  of  voting  machines  in  village
     8  elections,  as amended by chapter 482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to
     9  read as follows:
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    11  deemed repealed December 31, [2014] 2015.
    12    §  3.  Section  7 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town
    13  law relating to the types of voting machines used in certain  elections,
    14  as  amended  by  chapter  482 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
    15  follows:
    16    § 7. This act shall take effect immediately  provided,  however,  that
    17  sections  one, two, four and five of this act shall expire and be deemed
    18  repealed December 31, [2014] 2015, when upon such date the provisions of

    19  sections three and six of this act shall take effect.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14582-03-4
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     1    § 4. On or before January 31, 2015, the state board of elections shall
     2  submit a report to the governor,  speaker  of  the  assembly,  temporary
     3  president of the senate and the chairs of the committees on election law
     4  of  the  senate  and  the  assembly  concerning  the  administration  of
     5  elections   by  villages,  school  districts,  fire  districts,  library
     6  districts and other municipal corporations required to  hold  elections.
     7  The report shall include recommendations and guidance for such villages,

     8  districts  and  municipal  corporations  to migrate to the use of voting
     9  systems which are compliant with section 7-202 of the election  law  and
    10  applicable  state  board  of elections rules and regulations. The report
    11  shall also include an analysis of the cost and  fiscal  impact  to  such
    12  villages,  districts  and  municipal  corporations  for transitioning to
    13  voting systems that comply with section 7-202 of the election law. Prior
    14  to preparing and issuing the report, the state board of elections  shall
    15  solicit,  and take into consideration, recommendations from stakeholders
    16  including, but not necessarily limited to, the New York state department
    17  of education, the New York  school  boards  association,  the  New  York
    18  conference of mayors and the New York state association of counties.
    19    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.