Bill Text: NY A10196 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 10196 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Permits the Wallkill public library district in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster county to reduce the number of trustees to seven.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-04 - substituted by s6114a [A10196 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A10196-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         10196
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 10, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SKARTADOS  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Libraries and Education Technology
       AN ACT to amend chapter 433 of the laws of 1996 relating to creating the
         Wallkill public library district in the  town  of  Shawangunk,  Ulster
         county, in relation to the number of trustees of such district
         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  433
    2  of  the  laws  of  1996 relating to creating the Wallkill public library
    3  district in the town of Shawangunk, Ulster county, is amended to read as
    4  follows:
    5    (c) the election of AT LEAST SEVEN BUT NO MORE THAN eleven trustees as
    6  herein provided.
    7    S 2. Section 3 of chapter 433 of the laws of 1996 relating to creating
    8  the Wallkill public library district in the town of  Shawangunk,  Ulster
    9  county, is amended to read as follows:
   10    S  3. Organization and structure. The Wallkill public library district
   11  shall be managed,  operated  and  controlled  by  a  board  of  trustees
   12  consisting  of  AT  LEAST  SEVEN  BUT NO MORE THAN eleven members. These
   13  trustees shall at the first regular meeting of the  board  determine  by
   14  lot  the  year  in  which each of their terms of office expires, and the
   15  terms shall expire as follows: After one year: one  trustee;  after  two
   16  years:  two  trustees;  after  three years:   three trustees; after four
   17  years: three trustees; and after five years:  two trustees. As vacancies
   18  occur, trustees shall be elected at the annual election herein  provided
   19  for  to  serve for five year terms by the voters of the library district
   20  thereby created, said terms to commence on the  first  day  of  December
   21  next  following  the  election.  Only persons living within the Wallkill
   22  school district shall be eligible for election to the board of trustees.
   23  The board of trustees at its first meeting  each  year  shall  elect  or
   24  appoint a president and vice-president who shall be members of the board
   25  and  a clerk, treasurer, and such other officers as they deem necessary.
   26  A MAJORITY OF THE BOARD MAY,  BY  RESOLUTION,  REDUCE  OR  INCREASE  THE
   27  NUMBER  OF  TRUSTEES  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  ACT.  SUCH RESOLUTION SHALL BE
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13902-03-2
       A. 10196                            2
    1  PASSED, IF AT ALL, NOT LESS THAN THIRTY NOR MORE THAN NINETY DAYS  PRIOR
    2  TO THE FIRST DAY OF SIGNING ANY PETITION TO BE NOMINATED FOR ELECTION AS
    3  A  TRUSTEE.  NO  REDUCTION BY RESOLUTION IN THE NUMBER OF TRUSTEES SHALL
    4  CREATE A VACANCY EXCEPT UPON EXPIRATION OF THE EXISTING TERM.
    5    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.