Assembly Bill A5975

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires the election of fire district commissioners to take place on the same date and at the same location as elections of school board members

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Current Bill Status - Stricken


  • 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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2023-A5975 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §175, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A8807
2015-2016: A1208
2017-2018: A1896
2019-2020: A1950
2021-2022: A5279

2023-A5975 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the election of fire district commissioners to take place on the same date and at the same location as elections of school board members.

2023-A5975 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5975
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SHIMSKY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to  holding  the  election  of
   fire  district commissioners on the same day as the election of school
   board members
 
   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 347 of the laws of 2021, 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
 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] SAME DATE AND AT THE SAME POLLING
 PLACE AS THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
 THE MUNICIPALITY.  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, SUBJECT TO  THE  APPROVAL  OF
 THE  BOARD  OF  ELECTIONS, prepare the ballots for all elections of fire
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09680-01-3
              

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