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Jun 21, 2012 | recommitted to rules |
Jun 14, 2012 | starred on calendar |
Jun 13, 2012 | ordered to third reading cal.1211 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Feb 08, 2012 | referred to local government |
senate Bill S6425
Sponsored By
Owen H. Johnson
(R, C, IP) 0 Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Rules Committee
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S6425 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9278
- Current Committee:
- Senate Rules
- Law Section:
- Town Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§175, 175-a & 175-b, Town L
S6425 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6425 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to elections in the Dunewood fire district in the county of Suffolk PURPOSE: To authorize property owners in the Dunewood fire district, regardless of where they reside, to vote, in person or by absentee ballot, in district elections. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of the bill amends subdivision 2 of section 175 of the Town Law (TWN) to provide that property owners in the Dunewood fire district, regardless of where they reside, shall be qualified to vote in district elections. Section 2 adds a new subdivision 1-a to TWN §175-a to require that the Dunewood Fire District Board of Commissioners provide for the registration of all voters who own property within the district, regardless if they are registered with the Board of Elections to vote at that address, for all district elections. Section 3 adds two new subdivisions, 1-a and 11-a, to TWN §175-b. Subdivision 1-a requires the Dunewood Fire District Board of
S6425 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6425 I N S E N A T E February 8, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government 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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