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A10335 Summary:

BILL NOA10335
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07453
 
SPONSORMiller J
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd S4, Chap 97 of 2001
 
Changes the poll hours for the Staatsburg Library District.
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A10335 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          10335
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 22, 2012
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  J. MILLER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 97 of the laws of 2001, establishing two  public
          library  districts,  in  relation  to  changing the poll hours for the
          Staatsburg library district
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-

        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  4 of chapter 97 of the laws of 2001 establishing
     2  two public library districts is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 4. Election; Staatsburg library district. 1.    Upon  receipt  of  a
     4  petition signed by not less than twenty-five voters qualified to vote in
     5  the  Staatsburg  library  district  at a general town election from such
     6  public library district hereby created requesting such an election,  the
     7  board of trustees of the Staatsburg library society shall give notice of
     8  an election to be conducted on the second Thursday in September of 2001.
     9  At such election the issues shall be:
    10    a.  whether  the  public  library  district  herein described shall be
    11  created or not;
    12    b. whether the budget therefor proposed  by  such  board  of  trustees
    13  shall be approved or disapproved; and

    14    c. the election of two trustees.  The Staatsburg library society shall
    15  give  notice  of  such election by the publication of a notice in one or
    16  more newspapers having a general  circulation  in  the  district  to  be
    17  served.    The  first  publication of such notice shall be not less than
    18  thirteen days and not more than twenty days prior to the  date  of  such
    19  election.  In  addition, the board of trustees of the Staatsburg library
    20  society shall cause copies of such notice to be posted conspicuously  in
    21  five  public  places in the district at least thirteen days prior to the
    22  date of such election. Such notice shall specify the time when  and  the
    23  place where such election will be held, the issues to be decided at such
    24  election  and  the hours during which the polls will be open for receipt
    25  of ballots. The board of trustees  of  the  Staatsburg  library  society

    26  shall  prepare the ballots for such elections and the polls shall remain
    27  open for the receipt thereof at all elections from [seven]  two  o'clock
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15932-01-2

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     1  p.m.  until  [ten]  nine  o'clock  p.m., and such additional consecutive
     2  hours prior thereto as the board of trustees of the  Staatsburg  library
     3  society  may  have  determined  and specified in the notice thereof. The
     4  board  of  trustees  shall  designate a resident taxpayer of the town of
     5  Hyde Park to act as chairman of any election of such district and  shall

     6  designate not less than two nor more than four resident taxpayers to act
     7  as  election  inspectors  and ballot clerks at such election. No trustee
     8  shall serve as such chairman or  as  an  election  inspector  or  ballot
     9  clerk.  The board of trustees may adopt a resolution providing that such
    10  chairman,  election inspectors and ballot clerks shall be paid for their
    11  respective services at the initial election.  At any annual  or  special
    12  election after the creation of such library district, the board of trus-
    13  tees of the Staatsburg library district, as the case may be, may adopt a
    14  resolution  providing  that the chairman, election inspectors and ballot
    15  clerks at the election shall be  paid  for  their  respective  services.
    16  Such  resolution,  if  adopted,  may fix reasonable compensation for the
    17  services of each such official. Every  voter  of  the  library  district

    18  otherwise  qualified  to  vote at a general town election in the town of
    19  Hyde Park shall be qualified to vote at the initial election. After  the
    20  polls  have  been  closed  at such election, the election inspectors and
    21  ballot clerks shall immediately canvas publicly the ballots cast and the
    22  chairman of the election shall  publicly  announce  the  result.  Within
    23  seventy-two  hours  thereafter,  the  chairman,  election inspectors and
    24  ballot clerks shall execute and file a certificate of the result of  the
    25  canvas with the board of trustees and with the town clerk of the town of
    26  Hyde Park.
    27    2.  In the event that the Staatsburg library district is created, then
    28  there shall be an annual election conducted by the board of trustees  in
    29  accordance  with  the provisions of subdivision one of this section at a
    30  time to be set by such board, at which election vacancies on  the  board

    31  of  trustees  shall be filled and at which any proposed budget which the
    32  board shall determine to submit to the voters pursuant to section six of
    33  this act shall be submitted to the voters.
    34    3. Candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees  shall
    35  be  nominated  by  petition. No vacancy upon the board of trustees to be
    36  filled shall be considered a separate specific office. A separate  peti-
    37  tion  shall  be required to nominate each candidate for a vacancy on the
    38  board. Each petition shall be directed to the secretary of the district,
    39  shall be  signed  by  at  least  twenty-five  qualified  voters  of  the
    40  district,  or two percent of the voters who voted in the previous annual
    41  election of the members of the board of trustees, whichever is  greater,
    42  (such  number  to be determined by the number of persons recorded on the

    43  poll list as having voted at such election) shall state the residence of
    44  each signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. In
    45  the event that any such nominee shall withdraw his  candidacy  prior  to
    46  the  election,  such person shall not be considered a candidate unless a
    47  new petition nominating such person in the same manner  and  within  the
    48  same  time  limitations applicable to other candidates is filed with the
    49  secretary of the district. Each petition shall be filed in the office of
    50  the secretary of the district between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and
    51  five o'clock p.m., not later than the thirtieth day preceding the  meet-
    52  ing or election at which the candidates nominated are to be elected.
    53    4.  At  any election in such district, the voters may adopt a proposi-
    54  tion providing that, in all subsequent  elections,  vacancies  upon  the

    55  board of trustees shall be considered separate specific offices and that
    56  the  nominating  petitions  shall describe the specific vacancy upon the

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     1  board  of  trustees  for  which  the  candidate  is   nominated,   which
     2  description  shall include at least the length of the term of office and
     3  the name of the last incumbent, if any. No person shall be nominated for
     4  more  than  one  specific  office. Such procedure shall be followed with
     5  respect to all nominations and elections in subsequent years  until  and
     6  unless such proposition is repealed by the electors of the district at a
     7  regular election by the adoption of a proposition to repeal the same.
     8    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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