Assembly Bill A1321

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to Eastchester fire 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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2015-A1321 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1184
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Elections
Laws Affected:
Amd Chap 345 of 2013
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7402
2017-2018: A1133, S5245, S8494
2019-2020: A475
2021-2022: A5149
2023-2024: A2717

2015-A1321 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to Eastchester fire district elections; follows provisions of election law instead of town law for elections.

2015-A1321 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1321

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 9, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing
  the Eastchester fire district, in the town of Eastchester,  county  of
  Westchester, to change the date of its annual election, in relation to
  following  certain provisions of the election law for Eastchester fire
  district elections

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

  Section 1. Chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing the
Eastchester  fire  district, in the town of Eastchester, county of West-
chester, to change the date of its annual election, is amended  to  read
as follows:
  Section  1.  [Notwithstanding  the  provision  of  subdivision  one of
section 175 of the town law  generally  requiring  holding  annual  fire
district  elections on the second Tuesday in December, and notwithstand-
ing the provision of subdivision 6  of  section  175  of  the  town  law
related  to  the  number  of  electors  in  each  fire district election
district:  the Eastchester fire district, in the  town  of  Eastchester,
county of Westchester, whose boundaries only encompass the entire corpo-
rate limits of the town of Eastchester and each village within such town
and  where  the  only  eligible  electors of such fire district are also
eligible electors of such town  and  villages,  shall  hold  its  annual
election  on  the  Tuesday  next succeeding the first Monday in November
provided that (i) such fire district election is held at  every  polling
site as may be established by the Westchester county board of elections;
(ii)  such fire district election districts are the same as the election
districts as may be established  by  the  Westchester  county  board  of
elections, such that an elector shall not be required to visit more than
one  polling  site  on  such date; (iii) such fire district polls remain
open for the same hours as the polls  administered  by  the  Westchester

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00289-03-5
              

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