Assembly Bill A8310

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the conducting of a presidential primary, provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in the year 2016

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2015-A8310 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5958
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd El L, generally

2015-A8310 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the conducting of a presidential primary; provides for the election of delegates to a national party convention or a national party conference in the year 2016 and the "presidential" and "fall" primary in such year; relates to electing delegates to a national party convention.

2015-A8310 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8310

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 19, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Election Law

AN  ACT  to amend the election law, in relation to the conducting of the
  presidential primary, to provide for the election of  delegates  to  a
  national  party convention or a national party conference in 2016, and
  the "Presidential" and "Fall" primary  in  such  year;  to  amend  the
  election  law,  in  relation to electing delegates to a national party
  convention; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon expi-
  ration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 8-100 of the
election law, as amended by chapter 17 of the laws of 2007,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  (a) A primary election, to be known as the fall primary, shall be held
on  the  first Tuesday after the second Monday in September before every
general election unless otherwise changed by an act of the  legislature.
MEMBERS OF STATE AND COUNTY COMMITTEES AND ASSEMBLY DISTRICT LEADERS AND
ASSOCIATE  ASSEMBLY DISTRICT LEADERS AND ALL OTHER PARTY POSITIONS TO BE
ELECTED SHALL BE ELECTED AT THE FALL PRIMARY  AND  ALL  NOMINATIONS  FOR
STATE  AND LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICE REQUIRED TO BE MADE AT A PRIMARY ELECTION
IN SUCH YEAR SHALL BE MADE AT THE FALL PRIMARY. In [each] THE  year  TWO
THOUSAND  SIXTEEN  in  which electors of president and vice president of
the United States are to be elected, an additional primary election,  to
be  known  as  the  [spring] PRESIDENTIAL primary, shall be held on [the
first Tuesday in  February]  APRIL  NINETEENTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  SIXTEEN,
unless  otherwise  changed by an act of the legislature, for the purpose
of electing delegates AND ALTERNATE DELEGATES to  the  national  conven-
tion[,  members  of  state  and  county committees and assembly district
leaders and associate assembly district leaders].

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11003-05-5

              

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