Bill Text: NY A04971 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to elections for fire districts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in local governments [A04971 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A04971-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4971
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 6, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M. of A. BARCLAY, MANKTELOW, BYRNE -- Multi-Sponsored by
          -- M. of A.  HAWLEY -- read once and  referred  to  the  Committee  on
          Local Governments
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  town  law,  in  relation  to elections for fire
          districts
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by
     2  chapter 334 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
     3    1.  An  annual  election  shall  be  held in each fire district on the
     4  second Tuesday in December, except that  in  the  Ocean  Bay  Park  fire
     5  district,  the  Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park fire district,
     6  the Cherry Grove fire district, the Fair Harbor fire  district  and  the
     7  Fire  Island  Pines  fire district, Suffolk county, such annual election
     8  shall be held on the second Tuesday in July, except that in the town  of
     9  Salisbury,  Herkimer  county,  such annual election shall be held on the
    10  Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November from six o'clock in
    11  the morning until nine o'clock in the evening and  except  that  in  the
    12  Belfast  fire  district,  Allegany county, such annual election shall be
    13  held on the first Tuesday in December or any fire district may, by local
    14  referendum, opt to hold such election on the Tuesday immediately follow-
    15  ing the first Monday in November.  Any election held in November  pursu-
    16  ant to this subdivision, shall take place at the same time, location and
    17  manner as the general election pursuant to article eight of the election
    18  law.  The  board  of fire commissioners shall give notice thereof by the
    19  publication of a notice once in one or more newspapers having a  general
    20  circulation  in the district. The first publication of such notice shall
    21  be not less than twenty-seven days and not more  than  thirty-four  days
    22  prior  to  the date of such election. Such notice shall specify the time
    23  when and the place where such election will be held, the officers to  be
    24  elected  thereat  and  their terms of office, and the hours during which
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        A. 4971                             2
     1  the polls will be open  for  the  receipt  of  ballots.  [The]  For  any
     2  election  not  held  during  the general election, the secretary of such
     3  fire district shall prepare the ballots for [all] such elections of fire
     4  district officers and the polls shall remain open for the receipt there-
     5  of at [all] such elections of fire district officers from six o'clock in
     6  the  evening  until  nine  o'clock  in  the  evening and such additional
     7  consecutive hours prior thereto as the board of  fire  commissioners  of
     8  such  district  may have determined and specified in the notice thereof.
     9  [The] In  addition,  for  any  election  not  held  during  the  general
    10  election,  the  board  of  fire commissioners shall designate a resident
    11  fire district elector, who shall be a registered voter of the  town,  to
    12  act as chairman of any election of said district and shall designate not
    13  less  than  two  nor more than four resident fire district electors, who
    14  shall be registered voters of the town to act as election inspectors and
    15  ballot clerks at  such  elections.  No  elective  officer  of  the  fire
    16  district  shall  serve  as  such chairman or as an election inspector or
    17  ballot clerk. The board of fire commissioners  may  adopt  a  resolution
    18  providing  that  such  chairman,  election  inspectors and ballot clerks
    19  shall be paid for their respective services at any such annual  election
    20  or  at  any  special  election of the fire district. Such resolution, if
    21  adopted, shall fix the amount of such compensation, as follows:  if  the
    22  hours during which the polls will be open for the receipt of ballots are
    23  from six o'clock in the evening until nine o'clock in the evening, a sum
    24  not  to exceed thirty-five dollars for each such official; if additional
    25  consecutive hours prior to six o'clock in the evening are determined and
    26  specified in the notice of election, a sum not to exceed  fifty  dollars
    27  for each such official.
    28    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.