STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1995

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 23, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced   by   M.   of  A.  HAWLEY,  BLANKENBUSH,  DiPIETRO,  FRIEND,
          J. M. GIGLIO,  MORINELLO,  NORRIS,  DeSTEFANO,   ANGELINO,   GALLAHAN,
          PALMESANO,  MANKTELOW  --  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 amended by section 7 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022, 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,  department  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 addiction
    21  services and supports, the office of the advocate for the  disabled  and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00434-01-3

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