Senate Bill S8475

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Extends the date for school district and library elections until June 16, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

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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-S8475 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10568
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Education

2019-S8475 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the date for school district and library elections until June 16, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-S8475 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8475 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8475
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 3, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT in relation to extending the date for school district and library
   elections until June 16, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law or Executive
 Order No. 202.26 and as a result  of  the  COVID-19  pandemic,  sections
 1804,  1906,  2002,  2022,  2601-a  of  the education law, to the extent
 necessary, to provide that the annual district meeting and  election  of
 every  common,  union free, central and central high school district and
 the annual meeting of every city school district  in  a  city  having  a
 population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants was
 scheduled to be held on the third Tuesday of May, two thousand twenty is
 hereby  adjourned  and  rescheduled  until June 16, 2020, which shall be
 deemed the statewide uniform voting day; and provided further, a library
 district may conduct an election on June 16, 2020 if  such  election  is
 managed by a school district.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD16572-01-0

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