Provides that the terms of office of the trustees of the public library district of the town of Esopus, Ulster county, shall commence on the first day of June next following their election; provides that trustees elected to fill vacancies shall serve for terms of three years.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9567
IN ASSEMBLY
February 16, 2000
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Introduced by M. of A. KIRWAN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Libraries and Education Technology
AN ACT to amend chapter 43 of the laws of 1994 relating to establishing
a public library district in the town of Esopus, Ulster county, in
relation to the time of commencement of the terms of office of the
trustees of such district
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 3 of chapter 43 of the laws of 1994 relating to
2 establishing a public library district in the town of Esopus, Ulster
3 county, is amended to read as follows:
4 § 3. Organization and structure. The Town of Esopus public library
5 district shall be managed, operated and controlled by a board of trus-
6 tees consisting of nine members. These trustees shall at the first regu-
7 lar meeting of the board determine by lot the year in which each of
8 their terms of office expire, and the terms shall expire as follows:
9 After one year - two trustees; after two years - two trustees; after
10 three years - one trustee; after four years - two trustees; after five
11 years - two trustees. As vacancies occur trustees shall be elected at
12 the annual election herein provided for to serve for [five] three year
13 terms by the voters of the library district hereby created, said terms
14 to commence on the first day of [September] June next following the
15 election. Only qualified voters of the district shall be eligible for
16 election to the board of trustees. The board of trustees at its first
17 meeting each year shall elect or appoint a president and vice-president
18 who shall be members of the board and a clerk, treasurer and such other
19 officers as they deem necessary. If the board so determines, the offices
20 of clerk and treasurer may be held by individuals who are not members of
21 the board of trustees, and in that event, these officers may, if the
22 board so determines, receive compensation as fixed by resolution of the
23 board.
24 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14402-02-0
