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                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                     June 16, 2009
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Local Governments

       AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to including a high  school
         member on village boards of trustees

         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

    1    Section 1. Paragraph b of  subdivision  1  of  section  3-301  of  the
    2  village law is amended to read as follows:
    3    b.  four  trustees, except that the board of trustees of a village may
    4  change the number of trustees as authorized by  section  3-304  of  this
    5  article,  AND EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF A VILLAGE MAY APPOINT
    6  ONE EX OFFICIO STUDENT MEMBER TO SUCH BOARD  AS  AUTHORIZED  BY  SECTION
    7  3-305 OF THIS ARTICLE;
    8    S  2. The village law is amended by adding a new section 3-305 to read
    9  as follows:
   10    S 3-305 EX OFFICIO STUDENT TRUSTEE. THE BOARD OF  TRUSTEES  BY  RESOL-
   11  UTION OR LOCAL LAW, SUBJECT TO PERMISSIVE REFERENDUM, MAY APPOINT ONE EX
   12  OFFICIO  STUDENT  MEMBER  TO  SUCH BOARD. SUCH STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE A
   13  SENIOR IN A HIGH SCHOOL OF A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN WHICH  ALL  OR  PART  OF
   14  SUCH  SCHOOL DISTRICT IS CONTAINED WITHIN SUCH VILLAGE. THE TERM OF SUCH
   15  STUDENT MEMBER SHALL BE FOR ONE YEAR AND SHALL BEGIN ON THE  JULY  FIRST
   16  PRECEDING  THE  SENIOR YEAR OF SUCH STUDENT MEMBER AND END THE FOLLOWING
   17  JUNE THIRTIETH. A VACANCY IN SUCH OFFICE MAY BE FILLED BY THE BOARD  FOR
   18  THE REMAINDER OF SUCH TERM.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



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