Assembly Bill A1896

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Requires the election of fire district commissioners to take place on the same date and at the same location as elections of school board members

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  • 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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2017-A1896 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §175, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8807
2015-2016: A1208
2019-2020: A1950
2021-2022: A5279
2023-2024: A5975

2017-A1896 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the election of fire district commissioners to take place on the same date and at the same location as elections of school board members.

2017-A1896 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1896
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the town law, in relation to holding the election of
   fire district commissioners on the same day as the election of  school
   board members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by
 chapter 334 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1. An annual election shall be held  in  each  fire  district  on  the
 [second  Tuesday  in  December,  except  that in the Ocean Bay Park fire
 district, the Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park  fire  district,
 the  Cherry  Grove  fire district, the Fair Harbor fire district and the
 Fire Island Pines fire district, Suffolk county,  such  annual  election
 shall  be held on the second Tuesday in July, except that in the town of
 Salisbury, Herkimer county, such annual election shall be  held  on  the
 Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November from six o'clock in
 the  morning  until  nine  o'clock in the evening and except that in the
 Belfast fire district, Allegany county, such annual  election  shall  be
 held on the first Tuesday in December] SAME DATE AND AT THE SAME POLLING
 PLACE AS THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
 THE  MUNICIPALITY.  The  board  of  fire commissioners shall give notice
 thereof by the publication of a notice once in one  or  more  newspapers
 having  a  general circulation in the district. The first publication of
 such notice shall be not less than twenty-seven days and not  more  than
 thirty-four  days  prior to the date of such election. Such notice shall
 specify the time when and the place where such election  will  be  held,
 the  officers  to  be elected thereat and their terms of office, and the
 hours during which the polls will be open for the  receipt  of  ballots.
 The  secretary  of  such fire district shall, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF
 THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, prepare the ballots for all  elections  of  fire
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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