Requires that subpoenas issued relating to election matters be served with a separate informational sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2099--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 22, 2019
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Introduced by Sens. MAYER, BROOKS, JACKSON, LIU, MYRIE -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Judiciary -- recommitted to the Committee on Judiciary in accordance
with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring that subpoe-
nas relating to election matters be served with a separate informa-
tional sheet that summarizes why the subpoena has been issued
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 16-102 of the election law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. A subpoena issued in relation to this article shall require that
4 the subpoena be served with a separate informational sheet that summa-
5 rizes why the subpoena has been issued, that the case is not related to
6 a criminal action, that the person to whom the subpoena is being served
7 does not currently face criminal charges related to the case, specify
8 that the action is related to the upcoming election of the pertinent
9 office and the consequences of not following the subpoena. The informa-
10 tional sheet shall be affixed to the subpoena being served and shall be
11 written in plain language and printed in a format and type size that is
12 clear and easy to read.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
14 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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