Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 18, 2017 |
tabled vetoed memo.248 |
Dec 06, 2017 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2017 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.2078 substituted for s6599 |
Jun 20, 2017 |
substituted by a881a ordered to third reading cal.2078 |
Jun 06, 2017 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6599
Vetoed By Governor2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A881 - Vetoed by Governor
- 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
- Vetoed By Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2017-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Details
2017-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6599 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of school election wards in union free school districts and central school districts PURPOSE : To permit school districts, organized under articles 35 and 37 of the New York Education Law, to allow their voters the option to approve a referendum that will restrict the election of candidates to the board of education to the particular election district where those candidates and the voters of that particular election district reside. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1-2: Authorizes boards of education to establish school election wards for purposes of electing individual school board members. Section 3: Effective Date EXISTING LAW :
2017-S6599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6599 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 6, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the establishment of school election wards in union free school districts and central school districts THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1702 of the education law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows: 4. A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A BOARD OF EDUCATION OF A UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY, BY RESOLUTION AND SUBJECT TO A MANDATORY REFERENDUM, ESTABLISH SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING INDIVIDUAL TRUSTEES. THERE SHALL BE AT LEAST THREE, BUT NO MORE THAN NINE, SCHOOL ELECTION WARDS WITHIN A SCHOOL DISTRICT. ONE TRUSTEE SHALL BE CHOSEN FROM EACH WARD BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS THEREIN. B. (I) UPON A RESOLUTION BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, WHICH SHALL BE PASSED NO LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DAYS PRIOR TO A RELATED REFEREN- DUM BEING PLACED BEFORE THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DURING THE ANNUAL MEETING AND ELECTION, THE BOARD OF EDUCATION SHALL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING. (II) SUCH PUBLIC HEARING SHALL BE CONDUCTED NOT LESS THAN THIRTY NOR MORE THAN NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO A VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION BY A MAJORITY OF THE QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT CLERK SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING BY PUBLISHING A NOTICE FIVE TIMES WITHIN FOURTEEN DAYS PRECEDING THE HEARING, ON THE DISTRICT'S WEBSITE AND IN TWO NEWSPAPERS IF THERE SHALL BE TWO, OR IN ONE NEWSPAPER IF THERE SHALL BE BUT ONE, HAVING GENERAL CIRCULATION WITHIN SUCH DISTRICT. BUT IF NO NEWSPAPER SHALL THEN HAVE GENERAL CIRCULATION THEREIN, SAID NOTICE SHALL BE POSTED IN AT LEAST TWENTY OF THE MOST PUBLIC PLACES IN SAID DISTRICT FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE TIME OF SUCH HEARING. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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