Reduces the number of signatures required on a petition for a person to be placed on the ballot for election of a trustee of the Norwood Public Library.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7588
IN SENATE
May 10, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend chapter 533 of the laws of 2011 relating to creating the
Norwood public library in the towns of Potsdam and Stockholm, county
of St. Lawrence, in relation to the requirements on a petition for a
person to be placed on the ballot for election of a trustee
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 2 of chapter 533 of the laws of
2 2011, relating to creating the Norwood public library in the towns of
3 Potsdam and Stockholm, county of St. Lawrence, is amended to read as
4 follows:
5 3. Candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees of the
6 Norwood public library shall be nominated by petition. No vacancy on the
7 board of trustees to be filled shall be considered a separate specific
8 office. A separate petition shall be required to nominate each candidate
9 for a vacancy on the board. Each petition shall be directed to the
10 secretary of the board of trustees, shall be signed by at least [50] 25
11 qualified voters of the district, shall state the residence of each
12 signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. In the
13 event that any such nominees shall withdraw candidacy prior to the
14 election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless a new
15 petition nominating such person in the same manner and within the same
16 time limitation applicable to other candidates is filed with the secre-
17 tary of the board of trustees. Each petition shall be filed with the
18 secretary of the board of trustees between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and
19 5:00 p.m., not later than the thirtieth day preceding the election at
20 which time the candidates nominated are to be elected. In the event the
21 Norwood public library is created, petitions nominating candidates for
22 the board of trustees after the initial election shall be filed with the
23 secretary of the Norwood public library.
24 § 2. 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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