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Senate Bill S5866

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides for the inclusion of one ex officio student member to village boards of trustees

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2009-S5866 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8940
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-301, add §3-305, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3357, A5382
2013-2014: S1769, A1214
2015-2016: S4889, A6773
2017-2018: S2998, A2349
2019-2020: S3768, A3312

2009-S5866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the inclusion of one ex officio student member to village boards of trustees.

2009-S5866 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5866

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 15, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to including a high  school
  member on village boards of trustees

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Paragraph b of  subdivision  1  of  section  3-301  of  the
village law is amended to read as follows:
  b.  four  trustees, except that the board of trustees of a village may
change the number of trustees as authorized by  section  3-304  of  this
article,  AND EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A VILLAGE MAY APPOINT
ONE EX OFFICIO STUDENT MEMBER TO SUCH BOARD  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY  SECTION
3-305 OF THIS ARTICLE;
  S  2. The village law is amended by adding a new section 3-305 to read
as follows:
  S 3-305 EX OFFICIO STUDENT TRUSTEE. THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  BY  RESOL-
UTION OR LOCAL LAW, SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM, MAY APPOINT ONE EX
OFFICIO  STUDENT  MEMBER  TO  SUCH BOARD. SUCH STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE A
SENIOR IN A HIGH SCHOOL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH  ALL  OR  PART  OF
SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH VILLAGE. THE TERM OF SUCH
STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE FOR ONE YEAR AND SHALL BEGIN ON THE  JULY  FIRST
PRECEDING  THE  SENIOR YEAR OF SUCH STUDENT MEMBER AND END THE FOLLOWING
JUNE THIRTIETH. A VACANCY IN SUCH OFFICE MAY BE FILLED BY THE BOARD  FOR
THE REMAINDER OF SUCH TERM.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14296-01-9

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