Changes the number of members of the board of trustees of the Mamaroneck public library district from eleven to no less than five and no more than fifteen.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8496A
SPONSOR: Otis TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a library
district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, in relation
to the number of members of the board of trustees
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill amends Chapter 658 of the Laws of 1991 establishing a library
district in the Village of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, to provide
more flexibility for the number of members of the board of trustees.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 would amend Chapter 658 of the Laws of 1991 establishing a
library district in the Village of Mamaroneck, Westchester County, to
change the number of members of the board of trustees from eleven to no
less than five and no more than fifteen as provided by Section 260 of
Education Law.
Section 2 would establish the effective date.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
The A-print provides technical changes to provide more flexibility while
maintaining consistency with Education Law.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Board of Trustees of the Mamaroneck public library district
requested this change.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None to the State.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8496--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 20, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Libraries and Education Technology -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a library
district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, in relation
to the number of members of the board of trustees
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 658 of
2 the laws of 1991 establishing a library district in the village of
3 Mamaroneck, Westchester county is amended to read as follows:
4 c. The election of [eleven] no less than five and no more than fifteen
5 trustees as hereinafter provided.
6 § 2. Section 3 of chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a
7 library district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county is
8 amended to read as follows:
9 § 3. Organization and structure. The Mamaroneck public library
10 district shall be managed, operated and controlled by a board of trus-
11 tees consisting of [eleven] no less than five and no more than fifteen
12 members as prescribed by section 260 of the education law. These trus-
13 tees shall at the first regular meeting of the board determine by lot
14 the year in which each of their terms of office expire, and the terms
15 shall expire as follows: after one year- three trustees; after two
16 years- four trustees; after three years- four trustees. As vacancies
17 occur, trustees shall be elected at the annual election herein provided
18 for to serve for three year terms by the voters of the library district
19 hereby created, with each such trustee eligible to serve for a maximum
20 of three consecutive terms. Each term shall commence on the first day of
21 June next following the election. Only qualified voters of the district
22 shall be eligible for election to the board of trustees. The board of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 trustees at its first meeting each year shall elect or appoint a presi-
2 dent and vice-president who shall be members of the board and clerk,
3 treasurer and other such officers as they deem necessary. If the board
4 so determines, the offices of clerk and treasurer may be held by indi-
5 viduals who are not members of the board of trustees and, in that event,
6 such officers may, if the board so determines, receive compensation as
7 fixed by resolution of the board.
8 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
