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Assembly Bill A2360

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Shortens the time frame within which a meeting may be called to vote on consolidation of school districts after qualified voters have not voted in favor of consolidation

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2015-A2360 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4464
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1512, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10241, S6691
2013-2014: A2735, S3907
2017-2018: A6415, S2301

2015-A2360 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Shortens the time frame within which a meeting may be called to vote on consolidation of school districts after qualified voters have not voted in favor of consolidation.

2015-A2360 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2360

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 16, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of A. BRINDISI, ROBERTS -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to proceedings  at  meet-
  ings to consolidate school districts

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1512  of  the  education  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  461  of  the  laws  of 1996, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Such meeting shall be organized  as  provided  in  section  fifteen
hundred  twenty-three  OF THIS ARTICLE.  Such meeting may adopt a resol-
ution to consolidate such districts if two-thirds of the qualified elec-
tors of each district having less than  fifteen  of  such  electors  are
present,  or in case of districts having fifteen or more qualified elec-
tors if ten or more are present.  The vote upon such resolution shall be
by ballot or by taking and recording the ayes and noes.    If  the  vote
shall  be  by taking and recording the ayes and noes, the clerk and such
assistants as may be provided for him OR HER by the meeting shall keep a
poll-list upon which shall be recorded the names of all qualified  elec-
tors  voting  upon  the resolution, the districts in which such electors
reside, and how each elector voted.  If the vote shall be by ballot, one
or more inspectors of election shall be appointed in such manner as  the
meeting  shall  determine, who shall receive the votes cast, canvass the
same and announce the result of the ballot to the chairman.  If the vote
shall be by ballot then voting  machines  may  be  used  in  the  manner
prescribed  by  section  two  thousand  thirty-five  of this chapter and
provision shall be made for absentee ballots as provided in section  two
thousand  eighteen-a  or two thousand eighteen-b of this chapter.  If it
shall appear that a majority  of  the  qualified  electors  present  and
voting  from  each district are in favor of such resolution, it shall be
declared adopted and where at least one of the districts consolidated is

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03452-01-5

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