S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2889
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 20, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to changing the date of fire
district votes and the amount of compensation for poll workers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivisions 1 and 6 of section 175 of the town law, subdi-
vision 1 as amended by chapter 185 of the laws of 2010 and subdivision 6
as amended by chapter 586 of the laws of 2004, are amended to read as
follows:
1. An annual election shall be held in each fire district on the
[second] FIRST Tuesday in [December] NOVEMBER, except that in the Ocean
Bay Park fire district, the Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park
fire district, the Cherry Grove fire district and the Fire Island Pines
fire district, Suffolk county, such annual election shall be held on the
second Tuesday in July, except that in the town of Salisbury, Herkimer
county, such annual election shall be held on the Tuesday next succeed-
ing the first Monday in November from six o'clock in the morning until
nine o'clock in the evening and except that in the Belfast fire
district, Allegany county, such annual election shall be held on the
first Tuesday in December. The board of fire commissioners shall give
notice thereof by the publication of a notice once in one or more news-
papers having a general circulation in the district. The first publica-
tion of such notice shall be not less than twenty-seven days and not
more than thirty-four days prior to the date of such election. Such
notice shall specify the time when and the place where such election
will be held, the officers to be elected thereat and their terms of
office, and the hours during which the polls will be open for the
receipt of ballots. The secretary of such fire district shall prepare
the ballots for all elections of fire district officers and the polls
shall remain open for the receipt thereof at all elections of fire
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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district officers from [six] NINE o'clock in the [evening] MORNING until
nine o'clock in the evening and such additional consecutive hours prior
thereto as the board of fire commissioners of such district may have
determined and specified in the notice thereof. The board of fire
commissioners shall designate a resident fire district elector, who
shall be a registered voter of the town, to act as chairman of any
election of said district and shall designate not less than two nor more
than four resident fire district electors, who shall be registered
voters of the town to act as election inspectors and ballot clerks at
such elections. No elective officer of the fire district shall serve as
such chairman or as an election inspector or ballot clerk. The board of
fire commissioners may adopt a resolution providing that such chairman,
election inspectors and ballot clerks shall be paid for their respective
services at any such annual election or at any special election of the
fire district. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the amount of such
compensation, as follows: if the hours during which the polls will be
open for the receipt of ballots are from [six] NINE o'clock in the
[evening] MORNING until nine o'clock in the evening, a sum not to exceed
[thirty-five] ONE HUNDRED FORTY dollars for each such official[; if
additional consecutive hours prior to six o'clock in the evening are
determined and specified in the notice of election, a sum not to exceed
fifty dollars for each such official].
6. If in any fire district the number of voters is so great as to
render it inexpedient or impossible to conduct the election at one poll-
ing place, the board of fire commissioners may divide the fire district
into election districts and provide a polling place for each such
election district, provided, however, that the number of election
districts in any fire district shall not exceed one for each six hundred
electors plus one for a remaining fraction of six hundred. In such
event, the notice specified in subdivision one of this section shall
describe the election districts and state where the polling places will
be located, and the board of fire commissioners shall designate not less
than two nor more than four resident fire district electors, who shall
be registered voters of the town, to act as election inspectors and
ballot clerks at each such polling place. The board of fire district
commissioners may adopt a resolution providing that such election
inspectors and ballot clerks shall be paid for their respective services
at any such annual election or at any special election of the fire
district. Such resolution, if adopted, shall fix the amount of such
compensation as follows: if the hours during which the polls will be
open for the receipt of ballots are from [six] NINE o'clock in the
[evening] MORNING until nine o'clock in the evening, a sum not to exceed
[thirty-five] ONE HUNDRED FORTY dollars for each such official[; if
additional consecutive hours prior to six o'clock in the evening are
determined and specified in the notice of election, a sum not to exceed
fifty dollars for each such official]. No elective officer of the fire
district shall serve as an election inspector or ballot clerk.
S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.