Bill Text: NY S02015 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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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) 2014-06-17 - referred to education [S02015 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S02015-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        2015--A
           Cal. No. 1029
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      (PREFILED)
                                    January 9, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Education  --  recommitted
         to the Committee on Education in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8
         -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
         report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
         retaining its place in the order of third reading
       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
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05952-02-4
       S. 2015--A                          2
    1  VOTE, IF A PROPOSITION MUST BE OFFERED DUE TO AN EMERGENCY  OR  DISASTER
    2  SITUATION.  VOTERS  SHALL BE NOTIFIED, BY REASONABLE MEANS, OF SUCH VOTE
    3  AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO SUCH VOTE TAKING PLACE.
    4    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
    5  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
    6  ly,  the  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation
    7  necessary for the implementation of this act on its  effective  date  is
    8  authorized  and  directed  to  be  made  and completed on or before such
    9  effective date.