Senate Bill S5147

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of lever voting machines; relates to the number and use of voting machines in village elections; and relates to the types of voting machines used in certain elections

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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-S5147 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Elections
Laws Affected:
Amd §8, Chap 359 of 2010; amd §2, Chap 3 of 2011; amd §7, Chap 170 of 2011

2015-S5147 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of lever voting machines; relates to the number and use of voting machines in village elections; and relates to the types of voting machines used in certain elections.

2015-S5147 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5147

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 5, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN  ACT  to amend chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the education
  law relating to the use of lever voting machines; to amend  chapter  3
  of  the  laws of 2011 amending the election law relating to the number
  and use of voting machines in village elections; and to amend  chapter
  170 of the laws of 2011 amending the town law relating to the types of
  voting  machines  used  in certain elections, in relation to extending
  the provisions of such chapters

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

  Section  1.  Section 8 of chapter 359 of the laws of 2010 amending the
education law relating to use of lever voting machines,  as  amended  by
chapter 273 of the laws of 2014, is amended to read as follows:
  S  8.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 31, [2015] 2016.
  S 2. Section 2 of chapter 3 of the laws of 2011 amending the  election
law  relating  to  the  number  and  use  of  voting machines in village
elections, as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 2014, is amended  to
read as follows:
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
deemed repealed December 31, [2015] 2016.
  S 3. Section 7 of chapter 170 of the laws of 2011  amending  the  town
law  relating to the types of voting machines used in certain elections,
as amended by chapter 273 of the laws of 2014, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S  7.  This  act shall take effect immediately provided, however, that
sections one, two, four and five of this act shall expire and be  deemed
repealed December 31, [2015] 2016, when upon such date the provisions of
sections three and six of this act shall take effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10650-01-5

              

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