What's happening
This bill updates the timing and procedures for political party committee organization meetings and officer filings following primary elections.
Why it matters
Standardizes the timeline for party committee organization. by setting specific dates (September 17 to October 1 for state committees, September 17 to October 6 for county committees) after the June primary, ensuring more clarity and predictability in party operations.
Maintains continuity of leadership and legal authority. by specifying that existing committees retain their powers until new officers are formally elected and organized, reducing potential for confusion or power vacuums during transitions.
Streamlines reporting requirements. by mandating that new officer information must be filed with the state and county boards of elections within three days, increasing transparency and accountability in party leadership.
Allows party flexibility for lower-level committees. by permitting them to organize on timelines specified by party rules, balancing statewide uniformity for top committees with local autonomy where appropriate.
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Set Party Committee Meeting Dates
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by S6421B
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.433
- Rules report cal.433
- Reported
- Amend and recommit to rules 8227b
- Amend and recommit to rules 8227a
- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to election law
Companion bill
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Set Party Meeting Deadlines
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Zellnor Myrie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8227--B
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 7, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. TAYLOR -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules -- Rules Committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to party committee meeting and organization requirements
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 2-112 of the election law, as amended by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
1. Every [state committee shall within fifteen days after its election, every county committee shall within twenty days after its election, and all other committees shall within the time specified by party rules, meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may by their rules provide. Within three days after their meetings all state and county committees shall file in the office of the state board of elections a certificate stating the names and post office addresses of such officers. County committees and any other committee contained therein shall file a copy of such statement with their county board of elections] committee shall meet and organize by electing a chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as they may pursuant to their rules.
(a) Every state committee shall meet no earlier than September seventeenth and no later than October first following the June primary. Until such organization meeting, the existing state committee shall exercise all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting, the new state committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the previously organized state committee.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(b) Every county committee shall meet no earlier than September seventeenth and no later than October sixth following the June primary. Until such organization meeting, the existing county committee shall exercise all legal authority. Upon the conclusion of such organization meeting, the new county committee shall assume all legal authority vested in the previously organized county committee.
(c) All other committees shall meet within the time specified by party rules.
(d) Within three days after their organization meeting all state and county committees shall file in the office of the state board of elections a certificate stating the names and post office addresses of such officers. County committees and any other committee contained therein shall file a copy of such statement with their county board of elections.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that any state committee meeting, pursuant to section 2-112 of the election law as amended by section one of this act meeting in the year 2019, may meet within fifteen days of the primary election.
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