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A09580 Summary:

BILL NOA09580
 
SAME ASSAME AS UNI. S06593
 
SPONSORCahill
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S2, Chap 723 of 1992
 
Provides that the polls for the election of the trustees of the Saugerties library shall remain open from four o'clock p.m. until eight o'clock p.m., rather than from seven o'clock p.m. until ten o'clock p.m.
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A09580 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
            S. 6593                                                  A. 9580
 
                SENATE - ASSEMBLY
 
                                    February 16, 2000
                                       ___________
 
        IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered print-
          ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
          ment
 
        IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 723 of the laws of 1992 relating to establishing

          a library district in  the  town  of  Saugerties,  Ulster  county,  in
          relation  to  the  time  that  polls shall be open for the election of
          trustees of the Saugerties library
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 of section 2 of chapter 723
     2  of the laws of 1992 relating to establishing a library district  in  the
     3  town of Saugerties, Ulster county is amended to read as follows:
     4    (c) the election of eleven trustees as hereinafter provided. The trus-
     5  tees of the Saugerties library shall give notice of said election by the
     6  publication  of  a  notice  in  one  or more newspapers having a general
     7  circulation in the town of Saugerties. The  first  publication  of  such
     8  notice  shall  be  not  less than thirteen days and not more than twenty

     9  days prior to the date of such election. In addition, the board of trus-
    10  tees of the Saugerties library shall cause copies of such notice  to  be
    11  posted  conspicuously  in  five public places in the town at least thir-
    12  teen days prior to the date of such election. Such notice shall  specify
    13  the time when and the place where such election will be held, the issues
    14  to be decided at said election and the hours during which the polls will
    15  be  open for receipt of ballots. The board of trustees of the Saugerties
    16  library shall prepare the ballots for such elections and the polls shall
    17  remain open for the receipt thereof at all elections from  [seven]  four
    18  o'clock p.m. until [ten] eight o'clock p.m., and such additional consec-
    19  utive  hours  prior thereto as the board of trustees may have determined

    20  and specified in the notice thereof. The board of trustees shall  desig-
    21  nate  a  resident  taxpayer  of  such district to act as chairman of any
    22  election of such district and shall designate not less than two nor more
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11614-03-0

        S. 6593                             2                            A. 9580
 
     1  than four resident taxpayers to act as election  inspectors  and  ballot
     2  clerks  at such elections. No trustee shall serve as such chairman or as
     3  an election inspector or ballot clerk.  The board of trustees may  adopt
     4  a  resolution  providing  that  such  chairman,  election inspectors and

     5  ballot clerks shall be paid for their respective services at the initial
     6  election or  at  any  annual  election  or  at  any  subsequent  special
     7  election.  Such  resolution, if adopted, may fix reasonable compensation
     8  for the services of each such official.  Every  voter  of  the  town  of
     9  Saugerties  otherwise qualified to vote at a general town election shall
    10  be qualified to vote at said election. After the polls have been  closed
    11  at  said election, the election inspectors and ballot clerks shall imme-
    12  diately canvass publicly the  ballots  cast  and  the  chairman  of  the
    13  election  shall  publicly announce the result.  Within seventy-two hours
    14  thereafter, the chairman, election inspectors and  ballot  clerks  shall
    15  execute  and  file  a  certificate of the result of the canvass with the
    16  board of trustees and with the town clerk of the town of Saugerties.

    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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