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A04949 Summary:
BILL NO | A04949B |
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SAME AS | SAME AS S05224-B |
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SPONSOR | Peoples-Stokes |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Rpld §2553 sub 10 ¶d sub¶ 3, amd §2553, Ed L | |
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Provides for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November rather than in May; creates a timetable for the electoral proceedings therefor; extends the terms of current members of such board to the last day of December rather than June; provides for future terms to run from January through December; and staggers terms. |
A04949 Actions:
BILL NO | A04949B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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02/06/2019 | referred to education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2019 | amend (t) and recommit to education | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2019 | print number 4949a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/05/2019 | reported referred to rules | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | reported | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | rules report cal.131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/11/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.131 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | passed assembly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | delivered to senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/13/2019 | REFERRED TO RULES | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | recalled from senate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | vote reconsidered - restored to third reading | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/18/2019 | amended on third reading 4949b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/20/2019 | substituted by s5224b | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | S05224 AMEND=B KENNEDY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 04/17/2019 | REFERRED TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2019 | AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/03/2019 | PRINT NUMBER 5224A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/17/2019 | AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO EDUCATION | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/17/2019 | PRINT NUMBER 5224B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/18/2019 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/18/2019 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1607 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | referred to education | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | substituted for a4949b | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | ordered to third reading rules cal.131 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 06/20/2019 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 11/19/2019 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
  | 11/25/2019 | SIGNED CHAP.561 |
A04949 Committee Votes:
Benedetto | Aye | Walsh | Aye | ||||||
Englebright | Aye | Ra | Aye | ||||||
Arroyo | Aye | McDonough | Aye | ||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | Lawrence | Nay | ||||||
Paulin | Aye | Miller | Aye | ||||||
Ramos | Aye | Mikulin | Aye | ||||||
O'Donnell | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Titus | Aye | DiPietro | Absent | ||||||
Lifton | Aye | ||||||||
Kim | Excused | ||||||||
Ryan | Nay | ||||||||
Mosley | Aye | ||||||||
Otis | Aye | ||||||||
Seawright | Aye | ||||||||
Jaffee | Aye | ||||||||
Hyndman | Aye | ||||||||
Bronson | Aye | ||||||||
Simon | Aye | ||||||||
Jean-Pierre | Aye | ||||||||
D'Urso | Aye | ||||||||
Taylor | Aye | ||||||||
Dickens | Aye | ||||||||
Joyner | Aye | ||||||||
Heastie | Excused | Kolb | Aye | ||||||
Gottfried | Aye | Crouch | Aye | ||||||
Lentol | Aye | Finch | Aye | ||||||
Gantt | Excused | Barclay | Aye | ||||||
Nolan | Aye | Raia | Aye | ||||||
Weinstein | Aye | Hawley | Aye | ||||||
Ortiz | Aye | Giglio | Aye | ||||||
Pretlow | Aye | Malliotakis | Aye | ||||||
Cook | Aye | ||||||||
Glick | Aye | ||||||||
Aubry | Aye | ||||||||
Englebright | Aye | ||||||||
Dinowitz | Aye | ||||||||
Colton | Aye | ||||||||
Magnarelli | Aye | ||||||||
Perry | Aye | ||||||||
Paulin | Aye | ||||||||
Titus | Excused | ||||||||
Peoples-Stokes | Excused | ||||||||
Benedetto | Aye | ||||||||
Lavine | Excused | ||||||||
Lupardo | Aye | ||||||||
Zebrowski | Excused | ||||||||
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A04949 Floor Votes:
Yes
Abbate
ER
Crespo
ER
Gantt
No
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
No
Smith
No
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
No
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
No
McDonough
No
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
No
DeStefano
No
Hawley
No
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
No
Reilly
No
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
No
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
No
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
ER
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
ER
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
No
Wallace
No
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
No
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
No
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
No
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
No
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
ER
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Tague
Yes
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
ER
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
ER
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Williams
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Friend
Yes
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
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A04949 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4949--B R. R. 131 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules -- ordered to a third reading, passed by Assembly and delivered to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the special order of third reading AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing for the election of members of the board of education of the Buffalo city school district in November; and to repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 3 of paragraph d of subdivision 10 of section 2 2553 of the education law is REPEALED. 3 § 2. Subparagraphs 1 and 2 of paragraph d and paragraphs g, j, m, o 4 and p of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the education law, as added 5 by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, paragraph g as amended by chapter 6 431 of the laws of 2012 and paragraph p as amended by chapter 95 of the 7 laws of 1979, are amended to read as follows: 8 (1) Such election for such office shall be governed by the provisions 9 of the election law in the same manner as candidates for office general- 10 ly to be elected by the voters of the city of Buffalo [except, as the11case may be, as to the date of the election; and, further provided,12however, that]. Notwithstanding section 6-142 of the election law, each 13 such candidate for election as a member of the board of education from a 14 city school subdistrict shall be required to file a petition containing 15 signatures of at least five hundred registered voters of such city 16 school subdistrict in which he is a candidate and each candidate for 17 election to the board of education by the voters at large shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04781-09-9A. 4949--B 2 1 required to file a petition containing the signatures of at least one 2 thousand registered voters of the city of Buffalo. 3 (2) No petition shall contain any political party or independent body 4 name or label. Each petition shall contain the name of only one candi- 5 date and such petition shall be filed with [the clerk of] the board of 6 elections of the county of Erie not earlier than [the fifth Tuesday] 7 twenty-four weeks before, and not later than [the fourth Tuesday] twen- 8 ty-three weeks preceding the date on which an election shall be held. A 9 certificate of acceptance or declination of any individual so nominated 10 shall be filed not later than the third day after the [fourth] twenty- 11 third Tuesday preceding the election. 12 g. Each sheet of such a petition shall be signed in ink and shall be 13 substantially in the following form: 14 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly qualified voter 15 of the city of Buffalo, that my place of residence is truly stated oppo- 16 site my signature hereto, and I do hereby nominate the following named 17 person as a candidate for nomination (for the public office of member of 18 the board of education of the city of Buffalo at large..............day 19 of...................., 20.....,) (for the city school subdis- 20 trict.............day of........, 20.....) 21 I do hereby appoint........................(here insert the names and 22 addresses of at least three persons, all of whom shall be registered 23 voters within the city of Buffalo), as a committee to fill vacancies in 24 accordance with the provisions of the election law. 25 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year 26 placed opposite my signature. 27 Date Name of Signer Present Residence 28 .............. .................. .................... 29 .............. .................. .................... 30 .............. .................. .................... 31 The petition shall be authenticated by witnesses. Such statement shall 32 be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit, and if 33 false shall subject the witness to the same penalties as if he or she 34 had been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substantially 35 as follows: 36 STATEMENT OF WITNESS 37 I,...................., (name of witness), state: I am a duly quali- 38 fied voter of the state of New York, and now reside in the city, town or 39 village of..............., in such state, at 40 .......................(fill in street and house number and post office) 41 therein. I know each of the voters whose names are subscribed to this 42 petition sheet containing (fill in number).............signatures and 43 each of them subscribed the same in my presence and upon so subscribing 44 declared to me that the foregoing statement, made and subscribed by him, 45 was true. 46 ..................... 47 Signature of witness 48 Date...........A. 4949--B 3 1 j. Objections to petitions for the nomination of members of such board 2 of education, procedures and remedies applicable to such objections 3 shall be [the same as those applicable to independent nominating4petitions under the election law, except as it may be modified by the5provisions of paragraph (d) and paragraph (n) of this subdivision] made 6 pursuant to section 6-154 of the election law. 7 m. If a candidate, after a petition in his behalf shall have been duly 8 filed with [the clerk of] the board of elections, and prior to the date 9 of the election, shall decline to accept the nomination, die, remove 10 from the school district, accept [or be a candidate for] another [elec-11tive] office, or become otherwise disqualified for such city school 12 district office, [a further petition may be filed with such clerk, nomi-13nating another candidate in his place and stead. Such further petition14shall in all respects comply with the provisions of paragraphs d, f and15h of this subdivision, except that it may be filed at any time up to and16including the fifteenth day preceding the date of the election pursuant17to the provisions of this subdivision and the time within which to18accept or object to such further petition shall be computed from the19date of filing or said fifteenth day, whichever is earlier] such vacancy 20 shall be filled by the committee on vacancies pursuant to the election 21 law. 22 o. The members so elected to the board of education shall convene on 23 the first business day in [July] January of each year, at the time of 24 the commencement of their term of office and select from their members a 25 president who shall serve for a term of one year or such other term, not 26 exceeding the term of his office, as may be fixed by the rules and regu- 27 lations of the board. 28 p. The election of members of the board of education of the school 29 district of the city of Buffalo shall take place on [May seventh, nine-30teen hundred seventy-four and on] the first Tuesday after the first 31 Monday in [May thereafter] November in each year in which an incumbent's 32 term expires. Such election shall be conducted by the board of 33 elections of the county of Erie in the same manner as other elections 34 are conducted by it. [Polls shall be open for voting for the hours35prescribed by section 8-100 of the election law for primary elections.] 36 The results of such elections, after canvassing, shall be certified and 37 reported by the board of elections to the board of education of such 38 city. The clerk or other appropriate officer of the board of education 39 shall within twenty-four hours after receipt of such certification by 40 the board of elections serve a written notice either personally or by 41 mail upon each person declared to be elected as a member of the board of 42 education informing him of his election and the length of his term. 43 § 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, the term of 44 every member of the board of education of the city school district of 45 Buffalo is hereby extended from June thirtieth of the year in which it 46 is scheduled to expire to December thirty-first of such year. Terms of 47 such members elected after this act becomes law shall begin on the first 48 day of January and end on the last day of December of the appropriate 49 year. 50 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.