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NY S08838

Bill

Status

Introduced

7/21/2020

Primary Sponsor

James Skoufis

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Origin

Senate

2019-2020 General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends the Municipal Home Rule Law to redefine "population" as "residents" only, removing the previous inclusion of "citizens" and "registered voters"

  • Maintains the provision that incarcerated individuals in state correctional facilities are not counted as residents of the municipality where the facility is located

  • Requires population bases for apportionment plans to use the latest official statistical enumeration data collected uniformly across all residents of the local government

  • Takes effect immediately upon enactment

Legislative Description

Relates to the definition of "population" for purposes of providing substantially equal weight for the population of that local government in the allocation of representation in the local legislative body.

Last Action

REFERRED TO RULES

7/21/2020

Committee Referrals

Rules7/21/2020

Full Bill Text

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