Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A3183

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Moves the date of the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district to the third Tuesday in May

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

2017-A3183 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2553, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A10313
2013-2014: A275
2015-2016: A319
2019-2020: A4378

2017-A3183 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Moves the date of the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district to the third Tuesday in May.

2017-A3183 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3183
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 27, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to moving the date of the
   election of members of the board of  education  of  the  Buffalo  city
   school district to the third Tuesday in May

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph p of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the educa-
 tion law, as amended by chapter 95 of the laws of 1979,  is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   p.  The  election  of  members of the board of education of the school
 district of the city of Buffalo shall take place on THE THIRD TUESDAY IN
 May [seventh, nineteen hundred seventy-four and on the first Tuesday  in
 May  thereafter]  in  each  year  in  which an incumbent's term expires;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY
 IN MAY IF THE COMMISSIONER, AT THE REQUEST OF THE SCHOOL  BOARD,  CERTI-
 FIES  NO  LATER  THAN MARCH FIRST THAT SUCH ELECTION WOULD CONFLICT WITH
 RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. Such election shall be conducted by the board  of
 elections  of  the  county of Erie in the same manner as other elections
 are conducted by it. Polls shall  be  open  for  voting  for  the  hours
 prescribed  by  section 8-100 of the election law for primary elections.
 The results of such elections, after canvassing, shall be certified  and
 reported  by  the  board  of elections to the board of education of such
 city. The clerk or other appropriate officer of the board  of  education
 shall  within  twenty-four  hours after receipt of such certification by
 the board of elections serve a written notice either  personally  or  by
 mail upon each person declared to be elected as a member of the board of
 education informing him of his election and the length of his term.
   §  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately  and shall apply to
 elections conducted on and after July 1, 2017.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07853-01-7

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.