Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jun 09, 2014 |
referred to local government delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 30, 2014 |
advanced to third reading cal.857 |
May 28, 2014 |
reported |
Apr 23, 2014 |
referred to libraries and education technology |
Assembly Bill A9372
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
SKARTADOS
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Didi Barrett
2013-A9372 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Poughkeepsie, City of
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §6, Chapter 524 of 1987
2013-A9372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 9372 I N A S S E M B L Y April 23, 2014 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SKARTADOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to establish- ing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city and town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, in relation to the election of the trustees of such library THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 6 of chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to establishing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city and town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, as amended by chapter 361 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows: S 6. The district shall be governed by a board of trustees consisting of eleven trustees. The trustees of the Greater Poughkeepsie library district as of the effective date of the chapter of the laws of 1997 which added this provision shall become trustees, immediately, of the Poughkeepsie public library district. TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED BY PUBLIC VOTE AT THE GENERAL ELECTION EACH NOVEMBER AND SHALL APPEAR ON THE BALLOT AS PROVIDED BY THE DUTCHESS COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS, AT NO CHARGE TO THE DISTRICT. Seven of the trustees shall be elected [at an election to be held] BY THE VOTERS within the town and four of the trus- tees shall be elected [at an election to be held] BY THE VOTERS within the portion of the district located in the city. The trustees elected [at the election in] BY THE VOTERS OF the town must be QUALIFIED VOTERS AND residents of the town and the trustees elected [in] BY THE VOTERS OF the city must be QUALIFIED VOTERS AND residents of the city. NOMINATING PETITIONS SHALL BE CIRCULATED AND FILED AT THE SAME TIME AS INDEPENDENT PETITIONS, AS DETERMINED ANNUALLY BY THE NEW YORK STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS. A SEPARATE PETITION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO NOMINATE EACH CANDI- DATE FOR A VACANCY ON THE BOARD. EACH PETITION SHALL BE SIGNED BY AT LEAST TWENTY-FIVE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY OR TOWN IN WHICH THE VACANCY OCCURS. PETITIONS SHALL STATE THE RESIDENCE OF EACH SIGNER, AND SHALL STATE THE NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE CANDIDATE. The trustees shall serve for a term of five years and until his or her successor is elected EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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