Relates to clariflying the form and content of designating petitions for the office of board of education member for the city school district of the city of Albany.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6637
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 11, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Education
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to petitions for the
office of board of education of the city school district of the city
of Albany
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the educa-
2 tion law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read
3 as follows:
4 e. Petitions for the nomination of members of such school board shall
5 be on white paper containing the required signatures of qualified voters
6 of the city of Albany [who were registered to vote therein at the last
7 preceding general election]. The sheets of such a petition shall be
8 numbered consecutively, beginning with number one, at the foot of each
9 sheet. Such a petition must set forth in every instance the correct date
10 of signing, the full name of the signer[,] and his [present] or her
11 residence[, the residence from which he was registered at the time of
12 the last preceding general election, the ward of such residence at such
13 time, the election district thereof at such time. A signer need not
14 himself fill in the date, residence or residences, ward or election
15 district. The election district of the signer to be filled in the peti-
16 tion shall be the election district in effect at the time of the last
17 preceding general election. If the residence from which the signer was
18 registered at the time of the last preceding general election is the
19 same as his present residence, the word "same" may be written, instead
20 of repeating the place of residence]. A signer need only place his or
21 her signature upon the petition, and need not himself or herself fill in
22 the other required information.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education
2 law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 f. Each sheet of such a petition shall be signed in ink and shall be
5 substantially in the following form:
6 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly qualified voter
7 of the city of Albany, [that I was registered to vote therein at the
8 time of the last preceding general election,] that my [present] place of
9 residence [and my place of residence at the time of the last preceding
10 general election are] is truly stated opposite my signature hereto, [I
11 intend to support at the ensuing election,] and I do hereby nominate the
12 following named person as a candidate for nomination for the public
13 office of member of the board of education of the city of Albany to
14 be voted for at the election to be held on the........... day
15 of................,[19] 20.....
16 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year
17 placed opposite my signature.
18 Date Name of Signer [Present] Residence
19 (signature required)
20 (printed name may
21 be added)
22 ............... ..................... ....................
23 ............... ..................... ....................
24 ............... ..................... ....................
25 [At the Time of the Last Preceding General Election
26 Residence Ward Election District
27 ............... ..................... ....................
28 ............... ..................... ....................
29 ............... ..................... ....................]
30 § 3. Paragraph g of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education
31 law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
32 follows:
33 g. The petition shall be authenticated by witnesses. Such statement
34 shall be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit,
35 and if false shall subject the witness to the same penalties as if he or
36 she had been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substan-
37 tially as follows:
38 Statement of Witness
39 I,........................... (name of witness), state: I am a duly
40 qualified voter of the state of New York, and now reside [in the city,
41 town or village of ....................., in such state,] at
42 ........................... [(fill in street and house number and post
43 office) therein] (residence address). [I was last registered for the
44 general election in the year .......... from ............... (fill in
45 city, town or village) in the county of ................., in such
46 state. The said residence was then in the ............ (fill in number)
47 election district of the ........................ (fill in ward in a
48 city, or town, if outside a city). I know each of the voters whose names
49 are subscribed to this petition sheet containing (fill in number)
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1 ................. signatures and each of them subscribed the same in my
2 presence and upon so subscribing declared to me that the foregoing
3 statement, made and subscribed by him, was true.]
4 Each of the individuals whose names are subscribed to this petition
5 sheet containing .................. (fill in number) signatures,
6 subscribed the same in my presence on the date above indicated and iden-
7 tified himself or herself to be the individual who signed this sheet.
8 ....................
9 Signature of witness
10 Date.................
11 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to
13 elections occurring on or after such date.
