STATE OF NEW YORK
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4767--A
Cal. No. 647
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 15, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. FUNKE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections -- reported
favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report,
ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the election of trus-
tees of the Long Island Power Authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2 of section 6-142 of
2 the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, are
3 amended to read as follows:
4 (h) [for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,
5 five hundred;
6 (i)] for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdi-
7 vision contained within another political subdivision except as herein
8 otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for
9 the larger subdivision.
10 § 2. Subdivision 9 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by
11 chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
12 9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled
13 at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than twelve
14 weeks and not later than eleven weeks preceding such election. A peti-
15 tion for an independent nomination for an office to be filled at a
16 special election shall be filed not later than twelve days following the
17 issuance of a proclamation of such election. [A petition for trustee of
18 the Long Island Power Authority shall be filed not earlier than seven
19 weeks and not later than six weeks preceding the day of the election of
20 such trustees.]
21 § 3. Subdivision 7 of section 14-100 of the election law, as amended
22 by chapter 480 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 7. "candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for election,
2 or election, to any public office or party position to be voted for at a
3 primary, general or special or New York city community school district
4 election [or election for trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,]
5 whether or not the public office or party position has been specifically
6 identified at such time and whether or not such individual is nominated
7 or elected, and, for purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall
8 be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to an office or
9 position, if he or she has (1) taken the action necessary to qualify
10 himself or herself for nomination for election, or election, or (2)
11 received contributions or made expenditures, given his or her consent
12 for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with
13 a view to bringing about his or her nomination for election, or
14 election, to any office or position at any time whether in the year in
15 which such contributions or expenditures are made or at any other time;
16 and
17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
