New York Senate Bill S08664 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8664  IN SENATE February 28, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MYRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the dates to file a designating petition; 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. Section 6-134 of the election law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 4-a to read as follows: 3 4-a. Notwithstanding the time fixed in subdivision four of this 4 section, for the year two thousand twenty-four, any signature made on a 5 designating petition for the public office of representative in the 6 house of representatives of the congress of the United States, or any 7 party position elected from a congressional district, made earlier than 8 February twenty-ninth, two thousand twenty-four shall not be counted for 9 such office or party position; provided, however, any signature made on 10 a designating petition for offices or party positions other than for the 11 public office of representative in the house of representatives of the 12 congress of the United States, or any party position elected from a 13 congressional district, which is consistent with the time fixed in 14 subdivision four of this section shall be counted for such office or 15 party position. 16 § 2. Section 2-120 of the election law is amended by adding a new 17 subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 18 1-a. (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no change shall be 19 made to an election district line in effect as of February twenty-sev- 20 enth, two thousand twenty-four except if such election district is 21 bisected by a change in a congressional district boundary line. Such 22 change to an election district line shall be in conformance with the 23 provisions of this subdivision. Any election district as of February 24 twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-four that is not bisected by a 25 change in a congressional district line shall not be changed nor renum- 26 bered after February twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty-four unless 27 specifically required by law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14669-04-4 
 S. 8664 2 1 (b) For the year two thousand twenty-four, when a party position is to 2 be elected from an election district altered pursuant to this subdivi- 3 sion as a result of a new congressional district line bisecting such 4 election district, any candidate petitioning for such party position 5 therefrom shall be deemed to be a candidate from the new election 6 district created pursuant to this subdivision which has the largest 7 portion of the population of such original election district. Such 8 larger portion shall retain the election district number of the original 9 election district. The portion of such original election district with 10 the smaller population shall also be a new election district, but in the 11 year two thousand twenty-four, no party positions shall be elected ther- 12 efrom. Party positions from such smaller portion shall be deemed vacant 13 and shall be filled by the county committee pursuant to subdivision one 14 of section 2-118 of this article upon the reorganization of such party 15 committee. Such smaller election district shall be numbered by the next 16 unused election district number and no other election district shall be 17 renumbered. 18 (c) For purposes of the requirement that a county committee shall be 19 constituted by the election of at least twenty-five percent of its full 20 complement pursuant to subdivision three of section 2-104 of this arti- 21 cle, any newly created election district created pursuant to this subdi- 22 vision shall be excluded from such twenty-five percent computation. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire December 24 31, 2024 when upon such date the provisions of this act shall be deemed 25 repealed.