S00874 Summary:

BILL NOS00874
 
SAME ASNo Same As
 
SPONSORCARLUCCI
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd SS1-102, 1-104 & 3-102, El L; amd SS1804, 2022 & 2601-a, Ed L
 
Provides that the elections of school boards and library districts shall coincide with the general election in November.
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S00874 Actions:

BILL NOS00874
 
01/07/2015REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
01/06/2016REFERRED TO ELECTIONS
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S00874 Committee Votes:

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S00874 Floor Votes:

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S00874 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                           874
 
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     January 7, 2015
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
        AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to  the  applicability  of
          such  chapter to boards of education elections; to amend the education
          law, in relation to school board elections; and in relation to library
          district elections
 
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section  1-102 of the election law, as amended by chapter
     2  727 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 1-102. Applicability of  chapter.  This  chapter  shall  govern  the
     4  conduct  of  all  elections at which voters of the state of New York may
     5  cast a ballot for the purpose of electing an  individual  to  any  party
     6  position  or nominating or electing an individual to any federal, state,
     7  county, city, town [or], village or school board office, or deciding any
     8  ballot question submitted to all the voters of the state or  the  voters
     9  of  any county or city, or deciding any ballot question submitted to the
    10  voters of any town or village at the time of a general election. Where a
    11  specific provision of law exists in any other law which is  inconsistent
    12  with the provisions of this chapter, such provision shall apply unless a
    13  provision  of this chapter specifies that such provision of this chapter
    14  shall apply notwithstanding any other provision of law.
    15    § 2. Subdivision 35 of section 1-104 of the election law, as added  by
    16  chapter 359 of the laws of 1989, is amended to read as follows:
    17    35.  The term "election" shall include a "general village election" or
    18  "special village election" except where a  specific  provision  of  this
    19  chapter  may  not be consistently applied to the village election proce-
    20  dure; provided further that it shall  include  the  election  of  school
    21  board members; provided, further, that it shall include library district
    22  elections.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03197-01-5

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     1    §  3.  Section  3-102  of  the election law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 9-B to read as follows:
     3    9-B.  promulgate  rules  and  regulations,  in  consultation  with the
     4  commissioner of education, providing for the supervision by  the  boards
     5  of elections of the election of school board members;
     6    § 4. Subdivision 4 of section 1804 of the education law, as amended by
     7  section  1  of  part  M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to
     8  read as follows:
     9    4. The annual meeting [and election] in each central  school  district
    10  shall  be  held  on the third Tuesday of May provided, however that such
    11  annual meeting [and election] shall be held on the second Tuesday in May
    12  if the commissioner at the request of a local school board certifies  no
    13  later  than  March  first  that  such  [election]  annual  meeting would
    14  conflict with religious observances, and any school budget revote  shall
    15  be  held on the date specified in subdivision three of section two thou-
    16  sand seven of this title.  The school board election shall  be  held  on
    17  the  Tuesday  next succeeding the first Monday in November.  Such annual
    18  meeting and school budget revote shall be conducted and [the election of
    19  members of the board] shall be held in the same manner as in union  free
    20  school  districts  organized  and operating under the provisions of this
    21  chapter. The board of education of each central  school  district  shall
    22  hold  a  budget  hearing not less than seven nor more than fourteen days
    23  prior to the annual or special district meeting at which a school budget
    24  vote will occur, and shall prepare and present to  the  voters  at  such
    25  budget  hearing a proposed school district budget for the ensuing school
    26  year.  The election of members of the board shall  be  governed  by  the
    27  provisions of the election law.
    28    § 5. Subdivision 1 of section 2022 of the education law, as amended by
    29  section  7  of  part  A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
    30  read as follows:
    31    1. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the  contrary,  [the
    32  election of trustees or members of the board of education, and] the vote
    33  upon  the  appropriation  of  the  necessary funds to meet the estimated
    34  expenditures, in any common school district, union free school district,
    35  central school district or central high school district shall be held at
    36  the annual meeting [and election] on the third Tuesday in May, provided,
    37  however, that such [election] annual meeting shall be held on the second
    38  Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the  request  of  a  local  school
    39  board  certifies  no  later  than  March  first that such election would
    40  conflict with religious observances.  The school board election shall be
    41  held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday  in  November.  The
    42  sole  trustee,  board of trustees or board of education of every common,
    43  union free, central or central  high  school  district  and  every  city
    44  school  district to which this article applies shall hold a budget hear-
    45  ing not less than seven nor more than fourteen days prior to the  annual
    46  meeting  [and  election]  or  special district meeting at which a school
    47  budget vote will occur, and shall prepare and present to the  voters  at
    48  such  budget  hearing  a proposed school district budget for the ensuing
    49  school year.
    50    § 6. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as  amended
    51  by  section 9 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to
    52  read as follows:
    53    2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special  school
    54  district  meetings  for the purpose of adopting a school district budget
    55  in the same manner as a union free school district  in  accordance  with
    56  the  provisions  of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise

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     1  provided by this section. The annual meeting [and election] of each such
     2  city school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May  in  each
     3  year, provided, however that such annual meeting [and election] shall be
     4  held  on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of
     5  a local school board certifies no  later  than  March  first  that  such
     6  election would conflict with religious observances, and any school budg-
     7  et  revote shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in
     8  subdivision three of section two thousand seven  of  this  title.    The
     9  school  board  election shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the
    10  first Monday in November. The provisions  of  this  article,  and  where
    11  applicable  subdivisions  nine and nine-a of section twenty-five hundred
    12  two of this title,  governing  the  qualification  and  registration  of
    13  voters, and procedures for the nomination and election of members of the
    14  board  of education shall continue to apply, and shall govern the quali-
    15  fication and registration of voters and voting procedures  with  respect
    16  to the adoption of a school district budget.
    17    §  7. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this act or of any
    18  other general, special or local  law,  all  library  district  elections
    19  shall  be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in Novem-
    20  ber.
    21    § 8. This act shall take effect at the  first  general  election  next
    22  succeeding  the  date  on  which  it  shall have become a law; provided,
    23  however, that effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or
    24  repeal  of  any  rule  or regulation necessary for the implementation of
    25  this act on its effective date are authorized and directed  to  be  made
    26  and  completed on or before such effective date; provided, however, that
    27  the amendments to subdivision 1 of section 2022  and  subdivision  2  of
    28  section  2601-a  of  the  education law made by sections five and six of
    29  this act, respectively shall not affect the expiration of such  sections
    30  and shall be deemed to expire therewith.
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