Senate Bill S5167

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides that a school district vote on a bond resolution shall take place on the third Tuesday in May in conjunction with the school budget vote

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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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2021-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5811
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2022, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S1047
2011-2012: S3740, A6598
2013-2014: S4805, A6911
2015-2016: S1871, A2025
2017-2018: S3005, A2326
2019-2020: S3429, A4955
2023-2024: S2255, A3876

2021-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a school district vote on a bond resolution shall take place on the third Tuesday in May in conjunction with the school budget vote; provides that such bond resolution vote may only be resubmitted to the voters of the school district one time subsequent to such vote.

2021-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S5167 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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     S. 5167                                                  A. 5811
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 25, 2021
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  providing  that  a
   school  bond  resolution vote shall take place in conjunction with the
   school budget vote
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 2022 of
 the education law, as amended by section 7 of part A of  chapter  97  of
 the laws of 2011, are amended and a new subdivision 1-a is added to read
 as follows:
   Vote  on  school  district  budgets,  ON  BOND  RESOLUTIONS and on the
 election of school district trustees and board of education members.  1.
 Notwithstanding  any  law,  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary, the
 election of trustees or members of the board  of  education,  [and]  the
 vote upon the appropriation of the necessary funds to meet the estimated
 expenditures,  AND  THE  VOTE  UPON  A BOND RESOLUTION, EXCEPT WHERE THE
 BOARD SHALL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE DECLARE THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTS  AND  THE
 COMMISSIONER  DETERMINES THAT THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE DISTRICT REQUIRE
 THAT THE VOTE ON THE BOND RESOLUTION BE HELD ON A DIFFERENT DATE, in any
 common school district,  union  free  school  district,  central  school
 district  or  central  high  school district shall be held at the annual
 meeting and election on the third Tuesday  in  May,  provided,  however,
 that  such  election  shall  be held on the second Tuesday in May if the
 commissioner at the request of a local school board certifies  no  later
 than March first that such election would conflict with religious obser-
 vances.  The  sole  trustee,  board of trustees or board of education of
 every common, union free, central or central high  school  district  and
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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