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                                         1458

                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                      (PREFILED)

                                    January 7, 2009
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       Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DIAZ --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

       AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation  to  maintenance  require-
         ments for the board of elections in the city of New York

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

    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section  3-214  of  the  election  law  is
    2  amended to read as follows:
    3    1.  The  board  of elections in the city of New York shall maintain an
    4  office in the borough of Manhattan, which shall be the  headquarters  of
    5  such  board,  and  an  office AND VOTING MACHINE STORAGE AND PREPARATION
    6  FACILITY in each borough of the city. Elsewhere,  in  each  county,  the
    7  county  legislative  body  shall provide the board of elections for such
    8  county with proper and suitable offices.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.






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