Bill Text: NY S07588 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Reduces the number of signatures required on a petition for a person to be placed on the ballot for election of a trustee of the Norwood Public Library.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10179 [S07588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07588-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7588
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 10, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend chapter 533 of the laws of 2011 relating to creating the
          Norwood public library in the towns of Potsdam and  Stockholm,  county
          of  St.  Lawrence, in relation to the requirements on a petition for a
          person to be placed on the ballot for election of a trustee
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  3 of section 2 of chapter 533 of the laws of
     2  2011, relating to creating the Norwood public library in  the  towns  of
     3  Potsdam  and  Stockholm,  county  of St. Lawrence, is amended to read as
     4  follows:
     5    3. Candidates for the office of member of the board of trustees of the
     6  Norwood public library shall be nominated by petition. No vacancy on the
     7  board of trustees to be filled shall be considered a  separate  specific
     8  office. A separate petition shall be required to nominate each candidate
     9  for  a  vacancy  on  the  board.  Each petition shall be directed to the
    10  secretary of the board of trustees, shall be signed by at least [50]  25
    11  qualified  voters  of  the  district,  shall state the residence of each
    12  signer, and shall state the name and residence of the candidate. In  the
    13  event  that  any  such  nominees  shall  withdraw candidacy prior to the
    14  election, such person shall not be considered a candidate unless  a  new
    15  petition  nominating  such person in the same manner and within the same
    16  time limitation applicable to other candidates is filed with the  secre-
    17  tary  of  the  board  of trustees. Each petition shall be filed with the
    18  secretary of the board of trustees between the hours of 9:00 a.m.    and
    19  5:00  p.m.,  not  later than the thirtieth day preceding the election at
    20  which time the candidates nominated are to be elected. In the event  the
    21  Norwood  public  library is created, petitions nominating candidates for
    22  the board of trustees after the initial election shall be filed with the
    23  secretary of the Norwood public library.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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