Assembly Bill A2717

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to Eastchester fire district elections

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A2717 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Elections
Laws Affected:
Amd Chap 345 of 2013
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A1321
2017-2018: A1133
2019-2020: A475
2021-2022: A5149

2023-A2717 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to Eastchester fire district elections; follows provisions of election law instead of town law for elections.

2023-A2717 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2717
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 26, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing
   the Eastchester fire district, in the town of Eastchester,  county  of
   Westchester, to change the date of its annual election, in relation to
   following  certain provisions of the election law for Eastchester fire
   district elections
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing the
 Eastchester  fire  district, in the town of Eastchester, county of West-
 chester, to change the date of its annual election, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   Section  1.  [Notwithstanding  the  provision  of  subdivision  one of
 section 175 of the town law  generally  requiring  holding  annual  fire
 district  elections on the second Tuesday in December, and notwithstand-
 ing the provision of subdivision 6  of  section  175  of  the  town  law
 related  to  the  number  of  electors  in  each  fire district election
 district:  the Eastchester fire district, in the  town  of  Eastchester,
 county of Westchester, whose boundaries only encompass the entire corpo-
 rate limits of the town of Eastchester and each village within such town
 and  where  the  only  eligible  electors of such fire district are also
 eligible electors of such town  and  villages,  shall  hold  its  annual
 election  on  the  Tuesday  next succeeding the first Monday in November
 provided that (i) such fire district election is held at  every  polling
 site as may be established by the Westchester county board of elections;
 (ii)  such fire district election districts are the same as the election
 districts as may be established  by  the  Westchester  county  board  of
 elections, such that an elector shall not be required to visit more than
 one  polling  site  on  such date; (iii) such fire district polls remain
 open for the same hours as the polls  administered  by  the  Westchester

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05193-01-3
              

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