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Assembly Bill A9372

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the election of the trustees of the Greater Poughkeepsie Library District

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2013-A9372 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Poughkeepsie, City of
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง6, Chapter 524 of 1987

2013-A9372 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the election of the trustees of the Greater Poughkeepsie Library District.

2013-A9372 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9372

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 23, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Libraries and Education Technology

AN ACT to amend chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to  establish-
  ing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city and town of
  Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  in  relation  to the election of the
  trustees of such library

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

  Section  1.  Section 6 of chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to
establishing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city  and
town  of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, as amended by chapter 361 of the
laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  S 6. The district shall be governed by a board of trustees  consisting
of  eleven  trustees.   The trustees of the Greater Poughkeepsie library
district as of the effective date of the chapter of  the  laws  of  1997
which  added  this  provision shall become trustees, immediately, of the
Poughkeepsie public library district.   TRUSTEES ARE ELECTED  BY  PUBLIC
VOTE  AT  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION  EACH  NOVEMBER AND SHALL APPEAR ON THE
BALLOT AS PROVIDED BY THE DUTCHESS COUNTY  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS,  AT  NO
CHARGE  TO  THE  DISTRICT. Seven of the trustees shall be elected [at an
election to be held] BY THE VOTERS within the town and four of the trus-
tees shall be elected [at an election to be held] BY THE  VOTERS  within
the  portion  of  the district located in the city. The trustees elected
[at the election in] BY THE VOTERS OF the town must be QUALIFIED  VOTERS
AND residents of the town and the trustees elected [in] BY THE VOTERS OF
the city must be QUALIFIED VOTERS AND residents of the city.  NOMINATING
PETITIONS  SHALL BE CIRCULATED AND FILED AT THE SAME TIME AS INDEPENDENT
PETITIONS, AS DETERMINED  ANNUALLY  BY  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  BOARD  OF
ELECTIONS. A SEPARATE PETITION SHALL BE REQUIRED TO NOMINATE EACH CANDI-
DATE  FOR  A  VACANCY  ON THE BOARD. EACH PETITION SHALL BE SIGNED BY AT
LEAST TWENTY-FIVE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY  OR  TOWN  IN  WHICH  THE
VACANCY  OCCURS. PETITIONS SHALL STATE THE RESIDENCE OF EACH SIGNER, AND
SHALL STATE THE NAME AND RESIDENCE OF THE CANDIDATE. The trustees  shall
serve for a term of five years and until his or her successor is elected

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

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