Senate Bill S4944

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the nomination of certain fire district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district

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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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2019-S4944 - Details

Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §175, Town L

2019-S4944 - Summary

Permits members of the Fair Harbor fire district to adopt a resolution changing the date for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs of such fire department.

2019-S4944 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4944 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4944
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law,  in  relation  to  the  election  of  fire
   district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district
 
   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. (A) 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. 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 prepare
 the ballots for all elections of fire district officers  and  the  polls
 shall  remain  open  for  the  receipt  thereof at all elections of fire
 district officers from six o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock  in
 the  evening  and such additional consecutive hours prior thereto as the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2019-S4944A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §175, Town L

2019-S4944A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits members of the Fair Harbor fire district to adopt a resolution changing the date for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs of such fire department.

2019-S4944A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S4944A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4944--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE  -- 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 to amend the town law, in relation  to  the  nomination  of  fire
   district officers in the Fair Harbor fire district
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 11-b of section 176 of the town law, as amended
 by chapter 351 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   11-b. The members of the fire department at a regular or special meet-
 ing of the department held after the month of April  but  prior  to  the
 month  of  November in any year may adopt a resolution recommending that
 future meetings for the nomination of the chief and assistant chiefs  be
 held  in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday, the
 Thursday following the first Tuesday, the Saturday following  the  first
 Tuesday,  the  Thursday  following  the  second Tuesday, or the Saturday
 following the second Tuesday in such month, instead of April as provided
 in subdivision eleven-a of this section. Provided,  however,  the  Davis
 Park fire department may adopt a resolution to hold future meetings, for
 nomination  of chief and assistant chiefs, on the last Sunday in Septem-
 ber; [and] the Caton fire district may adopt a resolution to hold future
 meetings, for nominations of chief and assistant chiefs, on  the  second
 Tuesday  in  December;  AND  THE FAIR HARBOR FIRE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT A
 RESOLUTION TO HOLD FUTURE MEETINGS, FOR  NOMINATION  OF  THE  CHIEF  AND
 ASSISTANT  CHIEFS,  ON THE THIRD SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER. The notice or call
 for such meeting shall specify that such a resolution will be offered to
 be voted upon at such meeting. If such resolution is adopted, the  board
 of  fire  commissioners  may  adopt  a rule or regulation providing that
 future meetings for the nomination of chief and assistant  chiefs  shall
 be  held  in December, either on the first Thursday, the first Saturday,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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