Assembly Actions -
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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to local government |
Jun 21, 2017 |
committed to rules |
Feb 07, 2017 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 06, 2017 |
2nd report cal. |
Jan 31, 2017 |
1st report cal.126 |
Jan 11, 2017 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S2051
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2017-S2051 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- General Municipal Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §704, Gen Muni L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
S6234
2015-2016: S1607
2017-S2051 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2051 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the process of annexation PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : Adds to the annexation process that government boards, supervisors, and/or mayors of two or more municipalities may use a joint publication and mailing for any notice required provided the publication agreed upon is one of general circulation in all such municipalities. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1: Amends the general municipal law by adding a new section which permits governing boards, supervisors, and/or mayors of two or more municipalities to provide a joint publication of an annexation notice if the newspaper is generally circulated in all municipalities involved. Section 2: Effective date. JUSTIFICATION : The purpose of this bill is to permit municipalities to satisfy
2017-S2051 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2051 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the process of annexation THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 704 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 190 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows: 1. In the event it is proposed to annex territory, the governing board or boards of the local government or governments to which it is proposed to annex such territory and the governing board or boards of the affected local government or governments in which such territory is situated shall, within twenty days after receipt of a petition or adoption of a joint resolution to initiate annexation, respectively cause a notice to be published once in its or their official newspapers, or, if there be no official newspaper, in a newspaper published in the county and having general circulation within the area of such local government or governments, as the case may be. The governing board of each affected local government in which such territory is situated also shall cause a copy of such notice to be mailed to each person or corpo- ration owning real property in such territory as shown by the last preceding assessment roll and to all persons residing in such territory qualified to vote for officers of the city, town or village, as the case may be, in which such territory is situated as their names appear upon the register of voters for the last preceding general election. [Where the territory to be annexed is situated wholly or partly within a village, the governing board of such village and the governing board of a town or towns in which such territory is wholly or partly situated may provide by agreement for joint publication and mailing of such notice.] THE GOVERNING BOARDS OF ANY TWO OR MORE MUNICIPALITIES, OR THE SUPERVI- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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