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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9372
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                     April 23, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
 
        AN ACT to amend chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to  establish-
          ing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city and town of
          Poughkeepsie,  Dutchess  county,  in  relation  to the election of the
          trustees of such library
 

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Section 6 of chapter 524 of the laws of 1987, relating to
     2  establishing the Greater Poughkeepsie library district, in the city  and
     3  town  of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, as amended by chapter 361 of the
     4  laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
     5    § 6. The district shall be governed by a board of trustees  consisting
     6  of  eleven  trustees.   The trustees of the Greater Poughkeepsie library
     7  district as of the effective date of the chapter of  the  laws  of  1997
     8  which  added  this  provision shall become trustees, immediately, of the
     9  Poughkeepsie public library district.   Trustees are elected  by  public
    10  vote  at  the  general  election  each  November and shall appear on the

    11  ballot as provided by the Dutchess County  Board  of  Elections,  at  no
    12  charge  to  the  district. Seven of the trustees shall be elected [at an
    13  election to be held] by the voters within the town and four of the trus-
    14  tees shall be elected [at an election to be held] by the  voters  within
    15  the  portion  of  the district located in the city. The trustees elected
    16  [at the election in] by the voters of the town must be qualified  voters
    17  and residents of the town and the trustees elected [in] by the voters of
    18  the city must be qualified voters and residents of the city.  Nominating
    19  petitions  shall be circulated and filed at the same time as independent

    20  petitions, as determined  annually  by  the  New  York  State  Board  of
    21  Elections. A separate petition shall be required to nominate each candi-
    22  date  for  a  vacancy  on the board. Each petition shall be signed by at
    23  least twenty-five qualified voters of the city  or  town  in  which  the
    24  vacancy  occurs. Petitions shall state the residence of each signer, and
    25  shall state the name and residence of the candidate. The trustees  shall
    26  serve for a term of five years and until his or her successor is elected
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14735-01-4
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     1  and  qualified.    Two-thirds of the trustees shall constitute a quorum.
     2  Action of the trustees shall require a two-thirds  vote  of  the  entire
     3  board.    Vacancies  shall  be  filled  by  appointment by the trustees,
     4  provided, however, that an election shall be held at the first available
     5  general  election  day  after  the happening of a vacancy. The person or
     6  persons appointed by the trustees  shall  serve  until  a  successor  is
     7  elected and qualified as provided herein. Vacancies for trustees elected
     8  within  the  city  shall  be  filled by city residents and vacancies for
     9  trustees elected within the town shall be filled by town residents.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.