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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         1851--A
            Cal. No. 1316
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    January 16, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS, BIAGGI, BROUK, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER,
          THOMAS -- read twice and ordered  printed,  and  when  printed  to  be
          committed  to the Committee on Elections -- recommitted to the Commit-
          tee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --  reported
          favorably  from  said  committee,  ordered to first report, amended on
          first report, ordered  to  a  second  report  and  ordered  reprinted,
          retaining its place in the order of second report
 
        AN  ACT  to  amend the election law, in relation to prohibition of state
          party names; and to repeal subdivision 4 of section 2-124 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. Subdivision 2 of section 2-124  of  the  election  law,  as
     2  amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     3    2.  The name of a party shall be in the English language and shall not
     4  include the words "American", "United  States",  "National",  "New  York
     5  State",  "Independence"  or  "Independent",  or  "Empire  State", or any
     6  abbreviation or plural thereof, nor the name or part of the name, or  an
     7  abbreviation  of  the name, of an existing party.  The emblem chosen may
     8  be a star, an animal, an anchor, or any other proper symbol, but may not
     9  be the same as or similar to any emblem, insignia, symbol or  flag  used
    10  by  any  political  or governmental body, agency or entity nor any reli-
    11  gious emblem, insignia, symbol or flag, nor the portrait of any  person,
    12  nor  the  representation  of  a  coin  or  of the currency of the United
    13  States. The name and emblem chosen shall not be similar to or likely  to
    14  create  confusion with the name or emblem of any other existing party or
    15  independent body.
    16    § 2. Subdivision 4 of section 2-124 of the election law is REPEALED.
    17    § 3. Any political party name or emblem in use on the  effective  date
    18  of  this  act  which  violates  the  provisions  of section 2-124 of the
    19  election law as amended by this act shall be  required  to  change  such
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05293-05-2
        S. 1851--A                          2
 
     1  name  or  emblem to conform to such provisions, as amended, on or before
     2  January 1, 2023.
     3    §  4.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided that sections
     4  one and two of this act shall take effect January 1, 2023.