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S08949 Summary:

BILL NOS08949
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10135
 
SPONSORKRUEGER
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd 6-146, El L
 
Provides for the declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a party position where the person so nominated or designated has been arrested or charged with one or more state or federal misdemeanors or felonies, or convicted of a crime after designation.
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S08949 Actions:

BILL NOS08949
 
04/29/2022REFERRED TO RULES
05/02/2022ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.932
05/02/2022PASSED SENATE
05/02/2022DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
05/02/2022referred to election law
05/02/2022substituted for a10135
05/02/2022ordered to third reading rules cal.92
05/02/2022passed assembly
05/02/2022returned to senate
05/02/2022DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR
05/02/2022SIGNED CHAP.178
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S08949 Text:




 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8949
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 29, 2022
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by Sen. KRUEGER -- (at request of the Governor) -- 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 providing for the
          declination of a designation as a candidate or nomination for a  party
          position under special circumstances

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Section 6-146 of the election law is amended  by  adding  a
     2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
     3    7.  A  person  designated  as  a candidate for nomination or for party
     4  position, or nominated for an office, may, in a certificate  signed  and
     5  acknowledged  by  such  person  and  filed no later than the last day to
     6  certify the ballot pursuant to section 4-110 or section  4-112  of  this
     7  chapter,  decline  the  designation  or  nomination  under the following
     8  circumstances:
     9    (a) where the person so nominated or designated has been  arrested  or
    10  charged  with  one  or more misdemeanors or felonies by the filing of an
    11  accusatory instrument in a state court at any time after  such  person's
    12  designation or nomination; or
    13    (b)   where the person so nominated or designated has been arrested or
    14  charged with one or more misdemeanors or felonies by  the  filing  of  a
    15  criminal  complaint,  information  or indictment in federal court at any
    16  time after such person's designation or nomination; or
    17    (c) where the person so nominated or designated has been convicted  of
    18  one  or  more misdemeanors or felonies under state or federal law at any
    19  time after such person's designation or nomination.
    20    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD12046-02-2
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