| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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| Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to education |
| Feb 02, 2015 |
referred to education |
Senate Bill S3050
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee
Actions
2015-S3050 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S3050 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S3050
TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the education law, in relation to the
election districts in the city of Lockport school district
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
The purpose of this bill is to permit the Lockport City School
District to have one election district.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
This bill would amend section 2604 of the education law to allow the
Lockport City School District to designate the entire city school
district as a single election district.
JUSTIFICATION:
The existence of one central voting place provides benefits to a
school district and to its residents. An important benefit of a
central location is that it eliminates confusion as to where to vote.
A central location may also provide for improved accessibility through
greater parking capacity and the ability to provide numerous voting
machines at the location. This is a convenience for the residents.
Unfortunately, current law does not allow a district with more than
10,000 inhabitants to have just one centrally located election
2015-S3050 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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3050
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
February 2, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- 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 election districts
in the city of Lockport school district
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2604 of the education law, as amended by chapter
741 of the laws of 1954, is amended to read as follows:
S 2604. Division of city school district into school election
districts; elections held in schoolhouses. The board of education of
each city school district shall adopt a resolution on or before the
first day of April, preceding the first annual school election held
hereunder, dividing the city school district into school election
districts. The city school district shall be so divided that if circum-
stances will permit, school election districts will be coterminous with
one or more general election districts, and that, if practicable, there
shall be a schoolhouse in each election district. The election
districts thus formed shall continue in existence until modified by
resolution of the board of education. Such resolution shall accurately
describe the boundaries of such election districts by streets, alleys
and highways, when practicable. School elections shall be held in such
school election districts so far as may be possible in the public
schoolhouses therein. If there is no public schoolhouse in a school
election district, the board of education shall by resolution designate
the place where the election in such district shall be held. Notwith-
standing the foregoing provisions of this section, the board of educa-
tion of THE LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OR any city school district of
a city of less than ten thousand inhabitants may, by resolution, desig-
nate the entire city school district as a single school district.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD01749-01-5
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