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                                 7754--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee  on  Libraries  and  Education Technology -- committee discharged,
  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended  and  recommitted  to  said
  committee

AN  ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the term of office of
  trustees of cooperative public library systems

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

  Section  1.  Paragraph f of subdivision 2 of section 255 of the educa-
tion law, as amended by chapter 845 of the laws of 1966, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  f.  The term of office of trustees shall be EITHER THREE OR five years
except that the members of the first board of trustees  shall  determine
by lot the year in which the term of office of each trustee shall expire
so that as nearly as possible the terms of EITHER ONE-THIRD OR one-fifth
of  the  members  of  such  board  will expire annually. Thereafter, the
successors of such trustees shall be elected annually by  a  meeting  of
the  trustees  of the participating libraries in the cooperative library
system. [No trustee shall hold office consecutively for  more  than  two
full  terms.]  WHERE  THE  TERM OF OFFICE OF A TRUSTEE IS FIVE YEARS, NO
TRUSTEE SHALL HOLD OFFICE CONSECUTIVELY FOR MORE THAN TWO FULL FIVE YEAR
TERMS AND WHERE THE TERM OF OFFICE OF A TRUSTEE IS THREE YEARS, NO TRUS-
TEE SHALL HOLD OFFICE CONSECUTIVELY FOR MORE THAN THREE FULL THREE  YEAR
TERMS.    PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, YEARS SERVED BY A TRUSTEE APPOINTED
TO FILL AN UNEXPIRED TERM SHALL NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE TERM  LIMIT.  Such
meeting  shall  be  called  by  the secretary of the cooperative library
system who shall give  notice  to  all  the  trustees  of  participating
libraries  in  the manner provided in subparagraph a of this subdivision
for giving notice of the meeting to authorize the establishment of  such
cooperative library system. WITHIN ONE MONTH AFTER APPROVING A CHANGE IN
THE  LENGTH  OF THE TERM OF OFFICE OF TRUSTEES, THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11249-02-5
              

A. 7754--A                          2

TO THE REGENTS FOR AN  AMENDMENT  TO  THE  CHARTER  OF  THE  COOPERATIVE
LIBRARY SYSTEM. SUCH CHANGE IN THE LENGTH OF THE TERM OF OFFICE OF TRUS-
TEES  SHALL  NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL SUCH CHARTER AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY
THE  REGENTS.  ANY COOPERATIVE LIBRARY SYSTEM THAT CHANGES THE LENGTH OF
THE TERM OF OFFICE OF TRUSTEES PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH,  MAY  APPOINT
AN  INDIVIDUAL  FOR  A SHORTER TERM IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT AS NEARLY AS
POSSIBLE, AN EQUAL NUMBER OF TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED TO THE BOARD EACH
YEAR, WITH THE TRUSTEES ASSIGNED SUCH SHORTER TERMS DETERMINED  BY  LOT,
AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE TERM OF OFFICE OF EACH INCUMBENT MEMBER OF
THE BOARD SHALL NOT BE DECREASED THEREBY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2016.