Bill Text: NY S00886 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 886 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Provides that any school board member from the East Ramapo central school district duly elected on May 17, 2016 who currently occupies the office to which he or she was duly elected but who failed to take or file his or her respective oath of office within the prescribed period shall continue to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he or she was elected upon the taking and filing of oaths of office provided such oaths are taken and filed within 30 calendar days.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-02-01 - SIGNED CHAP.5 [S00886 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00886-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           886
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations
        AN ACT relating to duly elected school board members from the East Rama-
          po central school district
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other law, rule or regulation to the
     2  contrary, any school board member from the East  Ramapo  central  school
     3  district  duly elected on May 17, 2016 who currently occupies the office
     4  to which he or she was elected but who failed to take or file his or her
     5  respective oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period shall
     6  continue to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he  or
     7  she was elected upon the taking and filing of an oath of office consist-
     8  ent  with  section  10  of the public officers law provided such oath is
     9  taken and filed within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this
    10  act. Such school board member that takes and files his or  her  oath  of
    11  office  under this act shall be deemed to have been continuously serving
    12  in office since the beginning of  the  term  to  which  he  or  she  was
    13  elected.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06044-02-7