STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4232

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 1, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  HAWLEY,  BLANKENBUSH,  DiPIETRO,  FRIEND,
          J. M. GIGLIO, MORINELLO, NORRIS, DeSTEFANO, ASHBY, SALKA -- read  once
          and referred to the Committee on Election Law

        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  election  law, in relation to designating every
          government entity which issues licenses to carry, possess, repair  and
          dispose  of  firearms as participating agencies for voter registration
          form distribution and assistance

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of section 5-211 of the election law,
     2  as  separately  amended  by chapters 587 and 672 of the laws of 2019, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    Each agency designated as a participating agency under the  provisions
     5  of this section shall implement and administer a program of distribution
     6  of  voter registration forms pursuant to the provisions of this section.
     7  The following offices which provide  public  assistance  and/or  provide
     8  state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to persons
     9  with  disabilities are hereby designated as voter registration agencies:
    10  designated as the state agencies which provide public assistance are the
    11  office of children and family services,  the  office  of  temporary  and
    12  disability  assistance  and the department of health. Also designated as
    13  public assistance agencies are all agencies  of  local  government  that
    14  provide  such  assistance.  Designated  as  state  agencies that provide
    15  programs primarily engaged in providing services to people with disabil-
    16  ities are the department of labor, office for  the  aging,  division  of
    17  veterans'  services,  office  of mental health, office of vocational and
    18  educational services for individuals with  disabilities,  commission  on
    19  quality of care for the mentally disabled, office for people with devel-
    20  opmental  disabilities,  commission  for the blind, office of alcoholism
    21  and substance abuse services, the office of the advocate for  the  disa-
    22  bled  and all offices which administer programs established or funded by

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02107-01-1

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     1  such agencies. Additional participating  agencies  designated  as  voter
     2  registration  offices  are  the  department of state [and], the district
     3  offices of the workers' compensation  board  and  every  court  and  law
     4  enforcement  agency  when  such  entities are issuing licenses to carry,
     5  possess, repair or dispose of firearms.  Such agencies shall be required
     6  to offer voter registration forms to persons  upon  initial  application
     7  for  services,  upon  renewal  or  recertification  for  services [and],
     8  participation in activities or use of facilities of the agency, and upon
     9  change of address relating to such services. Such agencies shall also be
    10  responsible for providing assistance to applicants in  completing  voter
    11  registration forms, receiving and transmitting the completed application
    12  form  from  all applicants who wish to have such form transmitted to the
    13  appropriate board of elections. The  state  board  of  elections  shall,
    14  together  with  representatives  of  the  United  States  department  of
    15  defense, develop and  implement  procedures  for  including  recruitment
    16  offices  of  the armed forces of the United States as voter registration
    17  offices when such offices are so designated by federal law.   The  state
    18  board of elections shall also make request of the United States Citizen-
    19  ship  and  Immigration Services to include applications for registration
    20  by mail with any materials which are given to new citizens.
    21    § 2.  This act shall take effect on  the  one  hundred  twentieth  day
    22  after  it shall have become a law.  Effective immediately, the addition,
    23  amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary  for  the
    24  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date is authorized to be
    25  made on or before such date.