Bill Text: NY S06235 | 2011-2012 | 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: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-06-21 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S06235 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06235-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6235
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 17, 2012
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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.   NOTWITHSTANDING
    4  ANY  LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ALL PROPOSITIONS CONDUCTED
    5  PURSUANT TO THIS TITLE AND VOTED UPON BY THE  QUALIFIED  VOTERS  OF  ANY
    6  SCHOOL DISTRICT SHALL BE HELD ONLY ON THE FOLLOWING DATES:
    7    1.  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    2. 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    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   19  it shall have become a law; provided, however, that effective immediate-
   20  ly, the addition, amendment and/or repeal  of  any  rule  or  regulation
   21  necessary  for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is
   22  authorized and directed to be made  and  completed  on  or  before  such
   23  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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