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Assembly Bill A6773

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides for the inclusion of one ex officio student member to village boards of trustees

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2015-A6773 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4889
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-301, add §3-305, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A8940, S5866
2011-2012: A5382, S3357
2013-2014: A1214, S1769
2017-2018: A2349, S2998
2019-2020: A3312, S3768

2015-A6773 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the inclusion of one ex officio student member to village boards of trustees.

2015-A6773 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6773

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 2, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to including a high  school
  member on village boards of trustees

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

  Section 1. Paragraph b of  subdivision  1  of  section  3-301  of  the
village law is amended to read as follows:
  b.  four  trustees, except that the board of trustees of a village may
change the number of trustees as authorized by  section  3-304  of  this
article,  AND EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A VILLAGE MAY APPOINT
ONE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO SUCH BOARD AS AUTHORIZED BY SECTION  3-305
OF THIS ARTICLE;
  S  2. The village law is amended by adding a new section 3-305 to read
as follows:
  S 3-305 STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE.  THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES  BY  RESOLUTION
OR  LOCAL LAW MAY APPOINT ONE STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE TO SUCH BOARD. SUCH
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE A SENIOR IN A HIGH SCHOOL  OF  A  SCHOOL
DISTRICT IN WHICH ALL OR PART OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONTAINED WITH-
IN  SUCH  VILLAGE.  THE TERM OF SUCH STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE FOR
ONE YEAR AND SHALL BEGIN ON THE JULY FIRST PRECEDING THE SENIOR YEAR  OF
SUCH  STUDENT  REPRESENTATIVE  AND  END  THE FOLLOWING JUNE THIRTIETH. A
VACANCY OF SUCH REPRESENTATIVE MAY  BE  FILLED  BY  THE  BOARD  FOR  THE
REMAINDER  OF  SUCH TERM.  SUCH STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO SIT WITH BOARD MEMBERS AT  ALL  PUBLIC  MEETINGS  OF  THE  BOARD  AND
PARTICIPATE  IN  ALL  BOARD  HEARINGS  AND  MEETINGS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH
STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE SHALL NOT  BE  ALLOWED  TO  VOTE,  SHALL  NOT  BE
ALLOWED  TO  ATTEND  EXECUTIVE  SESSION,  AND  SHALL  NOT BE ENTITLED TO
RECEIVE COMPENSATION OF ANY FORM.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00731-01-5

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