Senate Bill S7861

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to elections and elective officers of new towns

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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-S7861 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9969
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L

2017-S7861 - Summary

Relates to elections and elective officers of new towns.

2017-S7861 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7861 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7861
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to ensuring that  certain
   school districts are eligible for incentive building aid; and relating
   to new towns
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  1. The provisions of this act shall apply to any new  town
 created pursuant to the division of a town into two or more towns pursu-
 ant to article 5 of the town law as adopted by the qualified electors at
 a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
   2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act "new town" shall refer to a town
 created pursuant to the division of any existing town by  a  proposition
 adopted at a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
   §  2. 1. Notwithstanding section 80 and subdivision 2 of section 74 of
 the town law, the election of town officers for the new  town  shall  be
 held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November 2018.
   2.  Notwithstanding  section 24 of the town law, all elective officers
 other than town councilmen, town justices and the receiver of taxes  and
 assessments shall hold their respective offices for 1 year. The terms of
 office of town councilmen shall be 1 year each for 2 town councilmen and
 3  years  each for 2 town councilmen. The term of office of the receiver
 of taxes and assessments shall be 3 years. The term of each town officer
 elected to office in November 2018 shall commence January 1, 2019.   The
 terms  of  town officers elected for a 1 year term shall expire December
 31, 2019 and the terms of officers elected  for  a  3  year  term  shall
 expire December 31, 2021, unless otherwise provided for in law.
   §  3.  Notwithstanding  section  80 of the town law, the election held
 pursuant to section two of this act shall be deemed the  first  biennial
 town election for the new town, for the purposes of:
   1.  the  effective  date  for the purposes of exercise of governmental
 functions pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 74 of the town law;
   2. the disposition of property pursuant to section 75 of the town law;
   3. the apportionment of debts pursuant to section 76 of the town law;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

2017-S7861A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9969
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L

2017-S7861A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to elections and elective officers of new towns.

2017-S7861A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S7861A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7861--A
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT in relation to the formation of and elections in new towns
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1. The provisions of this act shall apply to any new town
 created pursuant to the division of a town into two or more towns pursu-
 ant to article 5 of the town law as adopted by the qualified electors at
 a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
   2. For the purposes of this act "new  town"  shall  refer  to  a  town
 created  pursuant  to the division of any existing town by a proposition
 adopted at a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
   § 2. 1. Notwithstanding section 80 and subdivision 2 of section 74  of
 the  town  law,  the election of town officers for the new town shall be
 held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November 2018.
   2. Notwithstanding section 24 of the town law, all  elective  officers
 other  than town councilmen, town justices and the receiver of taxes and
 assessments shall hold their respective offices for 1 year. The terms of
 office of town councilmen shall be 1 year each for 2 town councilmen and
 3 years each for 2 town councilmen. The term of office of  the  receiver
 of taxes and assessments shall be 3 years. The term of each town officer
 elected  to office in November 2018 shall commence January 1, 2019.  The
 terms of town officers elected for a 1 year term shall  expire  December
 31,  2019  and  the  terms  of  officers elected for a 3 year term shall
 expire December 31, 2021, unless otherwise provided for in law.
   § 3. Notwithstanding section 80 of the town  law,  the  election  held
 pursuant  to  section two of this act shall be deemed the first biennial
 town election for the new town, for the purposes of:
   1. the effective date for the purposes  of  exercise  of  governmental
 functions pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 74 of the town law;
   2. the disposition of property pursuant to section 75 of the town law;
   3. the apportionment of debts pursuant to section 76 of the town law;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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