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Assembly Bill A7430

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to voter approval of municipal annexation

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2009-A7430 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง713, Gen Muni L

2009-A7430 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to voter approval of municipal annexation; requires approval of a majority of the voters in the municipality where the property to be annexed exceeds five percent of the total assessed value of the total assessed value of all parcels in the municipality.

2009-A7430 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7430

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to voter approval
  of annexation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 713 of the general municipal  law,
as  added  by  chapter  844  of  the laws of 1963, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. If such proposition is approved by  a  majority  of  the  qualified
persons  voting  thereon,  the  petition, together with a certificate of
election which shall set forth or have annexed thereto a description  of
the  territory  to  be  annexed,  shall,  within  twenty days after such
election be filed by the governing board or boards of the city, town  or
village,  as  the  case may be, in the office of the clerk of such local
government or governments and in the office of the clerk  or  clerks  of
the  local  government  or  governments to which such territory is to be
annexed.  IN THE EVENT THAT THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF ALL  PARCELS  OF
REAL  PROPERTY  INCLUDED WITHIN THE TERRITORY TO BE ANNEXED EXCEEDS FIVE
PERCENT OF THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUE OF  ALL  PARCELS  OF  REAL  PROPERTY
LOCATED  WITHIN  ANY MUNICIPALITY IN WHICH THE TERRITORY IS LOCATED, THE
PETITION, TOGETHER WITH THE CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION REFERRED TO IN  THIS
SECTION,  SHALL  NOT  BE  FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF SUCH LOCAL
GOVERNMENT OR GOVERNMENTS UNTIL THE PROPOSITION SHALL BE APPROVED  BY  A
MAJORITY  OF THE VOTERS OF SUCH MUNICIPALITY OR MUNICIPALITIES VOTING AT
A GENERAL ELECTION TO BE  HELD  NOT  LESS  THAN  SIXTY  DAYS  AFTER  THE
APPROVAL  OF  THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS WITHIN THE TERRITORY PROPOSED TO BE
ANNEXED.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10803-01-9

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