Contracts for Voting System
NY-ADR
1/17/07 N.Y. St. Reg. SBE-03-07-00004-P
NEW YORK STATE REGISTER
VOLUME XXIX, ISSUE 3
January 17, 2007
RULE MAKING ACTIVITIES
STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS
PROPOSED RULE MAKING
NO HEARING(S) SCHEDULED
I.D No. SBE-03-07-00004-P
Contracts for Voting System
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE State Administrative Procedure Act, NOTICE is hereby given of the following proposed rule:
Proposed action:
This is a consensus rule making to amend section 6209.9(a)(4)(i) of Title 9 NYCRR.
Statutory authority:
Election Law, sections 3-100, 7-201, 7-203, 7-204 and L. 2005, ch. 181
Subject:
Contracts for voting system.
Purpose:
To repeal provisions which are overbearing and infringe unnecessarily on county boards of elections' discretion.
Text of proposed rule:
Section 6209.9 Contracts
A. In addition to complying with all statutory requirements, all contracts for the purchase of voting systems by county boards, hereinafter to be designated ‘purchaser’, shall include the following requirements:
(4) Additional Requirements
(a) delivery [deadline] schedule [for a minimum of 10% (ten percent) of the systems or machines ordered by a county shall be not less than six months prior to the first election in which said units shall be used. The deadline for the delivery of the balance of systems or machines ordered shall not be less than three months prior to the first election in which said units shall they are to be used or, if the contract is for ten or less units, the delivery deadline is not less than one month prior to such election;]
Text of proposed rule and any required statements and analyses may be obtained from:
Patricia L. Murray, State Board of Elections, 40 Steuben St., Albany, NY 12207, (518) 474-6367, e-mail: [email protected]
Data, views or arguments may be submitted to:
Patricia L. Murray, State Board of Elections, 40 Steuben St., Albany, NY 12207, (518) 474-6367, e-mail: [email protected]
Public comment will be received until:
45 days after publication of this notice.
Consensus Rule Making Determination
These regulations are being submitted as a consensus rule based upon the agency's determination that no person is likely to object to the adoption of the rule as written as the amendment contains a change/clarification in language relating to Title 9 Subtitle V Part 6209.9A(4)(a).
Job Impact Statement
These regulations neither create nor eliminate employment positions and/or opportunities, and, therefore, have no adverse impact on employment opportunities in New York State. Amendments to the proposed regulations do not change this analysis.
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