A09580 Summary:
BILL NO | A09580 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS UNI. S06593 |
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SPONSOR | Cahill |
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Amd S2, Chap 723 of 1992 | |
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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. |
A09580 Text:
Go to top 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. LBD11614-03-0S. 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.