Bill Text: NY S01604 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes dates all propositions to be voted upon by the qualified voters of any school district shall be held.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-16 - referred to education [S01604 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S01604-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1604
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 13, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
       AN ACT to amend the education law,  in  relation  to  the  dates  school
         district proposition votes may be held
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 1501-d
    2  to read as follows:
    3    S 1501-D. DATE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION VOTES. 1.  NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING ANY LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ALL  PROPOSITIONS
    5  CONDUCTED  PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND VOTED UPON BY THE QUALIFIED VOTERS
    6  OF ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:
    7    (A) ON THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MAY, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ELECTION
    8  SHALL BE HELD ON THE SECOND TUESDAY IN MAY IF THE  COMMISSIONER  AT  THE
    9  REQUEST OF A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD CERTIFIES NO LATER THAN MARCH FIRST THAT
   10  SUCH  ELECTION  WOULD CONFLICT WITH RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. SUCH ELECTION
   11  SHALL TAKE PLACE AT A TIME AND PLACE SEPARATE FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
   12  SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT; OR
   13    (B) ON EITHER OR BOTH OF TWO ADDITIONAL DATES TO BE SET BY THE COMMIS-
   14  SIONER, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE STATE BOARD OF  ELECTIONS.  SUCH  ADDI-
   15  TIONAL  DATES  SHALL  NOT TAKE PLACE BETWEEN THE FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE
   16  FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER AND THE THIRD MONDAY OF JANUARY, KNOWN  AS  DR.
   17  MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY.
   18    2. SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION VOTES MAY BE OFFERED ON ANOTHER DATE IF
   19  SUCH VOTE IS BEING OFFERED IN RESPONSE TO AN EMERGENCY OR DISASTER SITU-
   20  ATION.  THE  LOCAL  SCHOOL  BOARD SHALL DECIDE, BY A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY
   21  VOTE, IF A PROPOSITION MUST BE OFFERED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY  OR  DISASTER
   22  SITUATION.  VOTERS  SHALL BE NOTIFIED, BY REASONABLE MEANS, OF SUCH VOTE
   23  AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH VOTE TAKING PLACE.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   25  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03335-01-5
       S. 1604                             2
    1  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
    2  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
    3  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
    4  effective date.