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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jun 12, 2019 |
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Mar 27, 2019 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4839
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP, RFM) 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
2019-S4839 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6999
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Town Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §175, Town L
2019-S4839 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4839 SPONSOR: SEWARD TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to providing that the South New Berlin fire district, Chenango county, shall have elections on the second Wednesday of December PURPOSE: To permit the South New Berlin fire district to hold district elections on an alternate date; and to ratify and validate act ions and proceedings of the South New Berlin fire district and its officers taken prior to the effective date of this law SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 finds that the district has held fire district elections on an alternate date each year without prior legislative approval. Subsection 2 ratifies and validates actions and proceedings of the South New Berlin fire district and its officers taken prior to the effective date of this law. Section 2 amends the town law to authorize the fire district to
2019-S4839 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4839 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- 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 providing that the South New Berlin fire district, Chenango county, shall have elections on the second Wednesday of December THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. 1. It is hereby found and determined that the South New Berlin Fire District, located in the town of New Berlin, Chenango County, has acted consistent with all applicable provisions of article 11 of the town law in the governance of the South New Berlin Fire District providing fire protection services in the town of New Berlin notwithstanding the failure of the district to obtain prior legislative approval to hold annual elections for district offi- cers on a date other than that specified in section 175 of the town law. 2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the election of any offi- cer of the South New Berlin Fire District, and all actions and proceedings of the South New Berlin Fire District and its officers taken prior to the effective date of this act are hereby legalized, validated and ratified, notwithstanding the district's failure to adhere to the provisions of section 175 of the town law that require annual elections for district officers to be held on the second Tuesday in December. Elected officers of the South New Berlin Fire District currently in office shall continue to serve in such capacity until the expiration of his or her term. § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by chap- ter 334 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows: 1. 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 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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