Directs petitions to the secretary of the Gold Coast public library district or his or her designee; extends the petition filing date for the office of member of the board of trustees of the library district to no later than the thirtieth day preceding the election.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9373
IN ASSEMBLY
February 23, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
AN ACT to amend chapter 233 of the laws of 2000 relating to authorizing
the town boards of the towns of Oyster Bay and North Hempstead, county
of Nassau, to establish the Gold Coast public library district, in
relation to directing petitions to the secretary of the Gold Coast
public library district and extending the petition filing date
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 3 of chapter 233 of the laws of
2 2000 relating to authorizing the town boards of the towns of Oyster Bay
3 and North Hempstead, county of Nassau, to establish the Gold Coast
4 public library district, as amended by chapter 399 of the laws of 2003,
5 is amended to read as follows:
6 3. Candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees of the
7 library district shall be nominated by petition. A separate petition
8 shall be required to nominate each candidate for a vacancy on the board.
9 Each petition shall be directed to the [town clerk of Oyster Bay] secre-
10 tary of the Gold Coast public library district or his or her designee,
11 shall be signed by at least fifty qualified voters of the district,
12 shall state the residence of each signer, and shall state the name and
13 residence of the candidate. In the event that any such nominee shall
14 withdraw candidacy prior to the election, such person shall not be
15 considered a candidate unless and until a new petition nominating such
16 person in the same manner and within the same time limitation applicable
17 to other candidates is filed with the town clerk of [the town of Oyster
18 Bay] secretary of the Gold Coast public library district or his or her
19 designee. Each petition shall be filed with the [town clerk of Oyster
20 Bay] secretary of the Gold Coast public library district or his or her
21 designee between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., no later than the
22 [thirteenth] thirtieth day preceding the election at which time the
23 candidates nominated are to be elected. In the event the district is
24 created, petitions nominating candidates for the board of trustees after
25 the initial election shall be filed with the secretary of the Gold Coast
26 public library district or his or her designee.
27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13978-02-2
