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                                  7932--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 14, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Libraries  --  committee
   discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
   to said committee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a library
   district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, in relation
   to the number of members of the board of trustees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 2 of chapter 658 of
 the  laws  of  1991  establishing  a  library district in the village of
 Mamaroneck, Westchester county is amended to read as follows:
   c. The election of [eleven] NO LESS THAN FIVE AND NO MORE THAN FIFTEEN
 trustees as hereinafter provided.
   § 2. Section 3 of chapter 658 of  the  laws  of  1991  establishing  a
 library  district  in  the  village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county is
 amended to read as follows:
   §  3.  Organization  and  structure.  The  Mamaroneck  public  library
 district  shall  be managed, operated and controlled by a board of trus-
 tees consisting of [eleven] NO LESS THAN FIVE AND NO MORE  THAN  FIFTEEN
 members  AS  PRESCRIBED BY SECTION 260 OF THE EDUCATION LAW. These trus-
 tees shall at the first regular meeting of the board  determine  by  lot
 the  year  in  which each of their terms of office expire, and the terms
 shall expire as follows:   after one year-  three  trustees;  after  two
 years-  four  trustees;  after  three years- four trustees. As vacancies
 occur, trustees shall be elected at the annual election herein  provided
 for  to serve for three year terms by the voters of the library district
 hereby created, with each such trustee eligible to serve for  a  maximum
 of three consecutive terms. Each term shall commence on the first day of
 June next following the election.  Only qualified voters of the district
 shall  be  eligible  for election to the board of trustees. The board of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10882-05-5
              

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 trustees at its first meeting each year shall elect or appoint a  presi-
 dent  and  vice-president  who  shall be members of the board and clerk,
 treasurer and other such officers as they deem necessary. If  the  board
 so  determines,  the offices of clerk and treasurer may be held by indi-
 viduals who are not members of the board of trustees and, in that event,
 such officers may, if the board so determines, receive  compensation  as
 fixed by resolution of the board.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.