New York S 5158: Repeals and reenacts provisions on time limitations on certain actions against professional engineers, architects, other designers and construction contractors; repealer

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S05158 Summary:

BILL NOS05158 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06196

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SPONSORCOMRIE

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §7-201, El L

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Authorizes the state board of elections to reject the use of voting machines or systems on the grounds that such machines or systems are not proper, safe, or secure.

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BILL NOS05158 

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02/19/2025REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO ELECTIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5158

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 19, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections

 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the examination of
 voting machines by the state board of elections

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 7-201 of the election law,
 2 as amended by chapter 181 of the laws of 2005, are amended to read as
 3 follows:
 4 1. Any person or corporation owning or being interested in any voting
 5 machine or system may apply to have the state board of elections examine
 6 such machine or system. Such applicant shall pay to the board before the
 7 examination a fee equal to the cost of such examination. The state board
 8 of elections shall cause the machine or system to be examined and a
 9 report of the examination to be made and filed in the office of the
 10 state board. Such examination shall include a determination as to wheth-
 11 er the machine or system meets the requirements of section 7-202 of this
 12 title and a thorough review and testing of any electronic or computer-
 13 ized features of the machine or system. Such report shall state an opin-
 14 ion as to whether the kind of machine or system so examined can safely
 15 [and], properly, and securely be used by voters and local boards of
 16 elections at elections, under the conditions prescribed in this article
 17 and the requirements of the federal Help America Vote Act. If the report
 18 states that the machine or system can be so used, and the board after
 19 its own examination so determines, in accordance with subdivision four
 20 of section 3-100 of this chapter, the machine or system [shall] may be
 21 deemed approved, and machines or systems of its kind may be adopted for
 22 use at elections as herein provided. Notwithstanding that a machine or
 23 system meets the requirements of section 7-202 of this title, the state
 24 board, in its discretion, may reject the use of such machine or system
 25 on the ground that it is not proper, safe and/or secure. The voting

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06024-01-5

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 1 machine or system shall be examined by examiners or testing laboratories
 2 to be selected for such purpose by the state board. Each examiner or
 3 laboratory shall receive compensation and expenses for making an exam-
 4 ination and report as to each voting machine or system examined by [him]
 5 them or it. Neither any member of the state board of elections nor any
 6 examiner or owner or employee of any testing laboratory, shall have any
 7 pecuniary interest in any voting machine or system. Any form of voting
 8 machine or system not so approved, cannot be used at any election.
 9 3. If at any time after any machine or system has been approved pursu-
 10 ant to the provisions of subdivision one or two of this section, the
 11 state board of elections has any reason to believe that such machine or
 12 system does not meet all the requirements for voting machines or systems
 13 set forth in this article, it shall forthwith cause such machine or
 14 system to be examined again in the manner prescribed by subdivision one
 15 of this section. If the opinions in the report of such examinations do
 16 not state that such machine or system can safely [and], properly and
 17 securely be used by voters at elections under the conditions prescribed
 18 by this article, the