Assembly Bill A9278

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes property owners in the Dunewood fire district, regardless of where they reside, to vote, in person or by absentee ballot, in district elections

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  • 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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2011-A9278 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6425
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง175, 175-a & 175-b, Town L

2011-A9278 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes property owners in the Dunewood fire district, regardless of where they reside, to vote, in person or by absentee ballot, in district elections.

2011-A9278 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9278

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 14, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to elections in  the  Dunewood
  fire district in the county of Suffolk

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 202 of the laws of 1984, is amended to read as follows:
  2. Every elector of the town who shall be a registered voter  and  who
shall  have  resided  in the district for the period of thirty days next
preceding any election of fire district officers shall be  qualified  to
vote  for such officers. Every elector of the town who shall be a regis-
tered voter and who shall have resided in  the  fire  district  for  the
period of thirty days next preceding any election at which a proposition
shall  be  submitted,  shall be qualified to vote upon such proposition.
PROVIDED, FURTHER, THAT IN THE DUNEWOOD FIRE DISTRICT, EVERY PERSON  WHO
OWNS  REAL  PROPERTY  WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT FOR THE PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS
NEXT PRECEDING ANY ELECTION OF FIRE DISTRICT  OFFICERS  OR  AT  WHICH  A
PROPOSITION  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED,  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER  SUCH PERSON
RESIDES IN THE FIRE DISTRICT, SHALL BE QUALIFIED TO VOTE FOR SUCH  OFFI-
CERS AND UPON SUCH PROPOSITION.
  S 2. Section 175-a of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
sion 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION, THE BOARD OF FIRE COMMISSIONERS OF THE DUNEWOOD  FIRE  DISTRICT
SHALL,  IN  ADDITION  TO  VOTERS REGISTERED WITH THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS,
PROVIDE FOR THE REGISTRATION, FOR ALL ELECTIONS IN SUCH  FIRE  DISTRICT,
OF  EVERY  PERSON  WHO  OWNS  REAL PROPERTY WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT FOR THE
PERIOD OF THIRTY DAYS NEXT PRECEDING THE ELECTION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE FIRE DISTRICT.
  S 3. Section 175-b of the town law is amended by adding two new subdi-
visions 1-a and 11-a to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13738-02-2

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