What's happening
This bill removes provisions relating to the election of trustees of the Long Island Power Authority from New York election law.
Why it matters
Removes special election rules for LIPA trustees. By deleting references to the election of Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) trustees from the Election Law, this bill eliminates unique requirements such as the number of petition signatures needed and specific filing deadlines that previously applied only to LIPA trustee candidates.
Clarifies candidate definition. The legislation updates the legal definition of “candidate” to remove explicit mention of LIPA trustee elections, which could affect campaign finance oversight and reporting for those positions if they were ever elected in the future.
Signals a shift in LIPA governance. These changes suggest that LIPA trustees are no longer (or will no longer be) selected through public elections governed by state election law, potentially shifting trustee selection to appointments or another mechanism, and thus reducing direct voter influence over LIPA’s leadership.
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End LIPA Trustee Elections
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2 Co-sponsors
History
- Referred to elections
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.608
- Reported
- Referred to election law
- Referred to election law
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7043
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 29, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, CUSICK -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the election of trustees of the Long Island Power Authority
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (i) of subdivision 2 of section 6-142 of the election law, as amended by chapter 79 of the laws of 1992, are amended to read as follows:
(h) [for the office of trustee of the Long Island Power Authority, five hundred;
(i)] for any office to be filled by the voters of any political subdivision contained within another political subdivision except as herein otherwise provided, not to exceed the number of signatures required for the larger subdivision.
§ 2. Subdivision 9 of section 6-158 of the election law, as amended by chapter 517 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
9. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled at the time of a general election shall be filed not earlier than twelve weeks and not later than eleven weeks preceding such election. A petition for an independent nomination for an office to be filled at a special election shall be filed not later than twelve days following the issuance of a proclamation of such election. [A petition for trustee of the Long Island Power Authority shall be filed not earlier than seven weeks and not later than six weeks preceding the day of the election of such trustees.]
§ 3. Subdivision 7 of section 14-100 of the election law, as amended by chapter 480 of the laws of 1987, is amended to read as follows:
7. "candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination for election, or election, to any public office or party position to be voted for at a primary, general or special or New York city community school district
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10800-01-7
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election [or election for trustee of the Long Island Power Authority,] whether or not the public office or party position has been specifically identified at such time and whether or not such individual is nominated or elected, and, for purposes of this subdivision, an individual shall be deemed to seek nomination for election, or election, to an office or position, if he or she has (1) taken the action necessary to qualify himself or herself for nomination for election, or election, or (2) received contributions or made expenditures, given his or her consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures, with a view to bringing about his or her nomination for election, or election, to any office or position at any time whether in the year in which such contributions or expenditures are made or at any other time; and
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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