Senate Bill S1604

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing set dates for school district proposition votes

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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-S1604 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง1501-d, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6235
2013-2014: S2015
2017-2018: S1002

2015-S1604 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes dates all propositions to be voted upon by the qualified voters of any school district shall be held.

2015-S1604 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S1604 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1604

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 13, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  the  dates  school
  district proposition votes may be held

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

  Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
to read as follows:
  S 1501-D. DATE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION VOTES. 1.  NOTWITHSTAND-
ING ANY LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  PROPOSITIONS
CONDUCTED  PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND VOTED UPON BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:
  (A) ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ELECTION
SHALL BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY IF THE  COMMISSIONER  AT  THE
REQUEST OF A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD CERTIFIES NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST THAT
SUCH  ELECTION  WOULD CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. SUCH ELECTION
SHALL TAKE PLACE AT A TIME AND PLACE SEPARATE FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT; OR
  (B) ON EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO ADDITIONAL DATES TO BE SET BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS.  SUCH  ADDI-
TIONAL  DATES  SHALL  NOT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE
FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER AND THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY, KNOWN  AS  DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.
  2. SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION VOTES MAY BE OFFERED ON ANOTHER DATE IF
SUCH VOTE IS BEING OFFERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER SITU-
ATION.  THE  LOCAL  SCHOOL  BOARD SHALL DECIDE, BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY
VOTE, IF A PROPOSITION MUST BE OFFERED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY  OR  DISASTER
SITUATION.  VOTERS  SHALL BE NOTIFIED, BY REASONABLE MEANS, OF SUCH VOTE
AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH VOTE TAKING PLACE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03335-01-5

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