STATE OF NEW YORK
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10529
IN ASSEMBLY
May 28, 2020
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bichotte) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT in relation to the convening of meetings by county election
committees during the COVID-19 pandemic; and providing for the repeal
of such provisions upon expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 2-112 of the
2 election law or any other provision of law, rule or regulation to the
3 contrary, county committees shall meet and organize as provided in
4 section 2-112 of the election law between 100 and 120 days after the
5 Governor has declared that the social distancing restrictions imple-
6 mented in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic state
7 disaster emergency declared by Executive Order Number 202 of 2020 have
8 been eased sufficiently to allow meetings in excess of 500 persons, or
9 in cities with a population in excess of one million, 1000 persons, to
10 be legally convened. Such county committees, elected and organized prior
11 to January 1, 2020 and their previously elected officers, rules and
12 members, shall continue to possess and exercise all legal authority
13 until after such subsequent organization as provided in this act.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
15 deemed repealed June 30, 2021.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16513-01-0
