Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jul 28, 2009 |
approval memo.7 signed chap.244 |
Jul 17, 2009 |
delivered to governor |
May 26, 2009 |
returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading cal.507 substituted for a1559 |
May 26, 2009 |
substituted by s552 |
May 07, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.507 |
May 05, 2009 |
reported |
Feb 25, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Jan 07, 2009 |
referred to election law |
Assembly Bill A1559
Signed By Governor2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
COLTON
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S552 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2009-A1559 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S552
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §3-506, El L
2009-A1559 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Directs board of elections in a city of over one million to furnish voting materials in Russian language as well as in English; further directs the board of elections to produce and disseminate a citywide booklet that includes a voter registration form in English with instructions in Russian and other instructions.
2009-A1559 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 552 A. 1559 2009-2010 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. KRUGER -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, BROOK-KRASNY, WEINSTEIN, MAISEL, J. RIVERA, CYMBROWITZ, P. RIVERA, HEVESI, JACOBS -- Multi- Sponsored by -- M. of A. AUBRY, DIAZ, JOHN, V. LOPEZ, PHEFFER, ROSEN- THAL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to providing Russian language voting materials THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The election law is amended by adding a new section 3-506 to read as follows: S 3-506. BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; VOTING MATERIALS IN RUSSIAN. A BOARD OF ELECTIONS IN A CITY OF OVER ONE MILLION SHALL PROVIDE THE SAME INFORMA- TION IN RUSSIAN THAT IT PROVIDES IN LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH ON ITS WEBSITE. IT SHALL ALSO PRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE CITYWIDE A BOOKLET THAT INCLUDES: (A) A VOTER REGISTRATION FORM IN ENGLISH WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN RUSSIAN; (B) INSTRUCTIONS IN RUSSIAN REGARDING THE CRITERIA AND APPLICA- TION PROCESS FOR OBTAINING AN ABSENTEE BALLOT; AND (C) A SECTION WITH GENERAL VOTER INFORMATION IN RUSSIAN INCLUDING FREQUENTLY ASKED QUES- TIONS. SUCH BOARD MAY INCLUDE OTHER LANGUAGES ON ITS WEBSITE AND IN SUCH BOOKLET. S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- ing the date on which it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04303-02-9
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