Bill Text: NY A06637 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to clariflying the form and content of designating petitions for the office of board of education member for the city school district of the city of Albany.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to education [A06637 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A06637-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6637 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 11, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McENENY, CANESTRARI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to petitions for the office of board of education of the city school district of the city of Albany THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph e of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the educa- 2 tion law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read 3 as follows: 4 e. Petitions for the nomination of members of such school board shall 5 be on white paper containing the required signatures of qualified voters 6 of the city of Albany [who were registered to vote therein at the last 7 preceding general election]. The sheets of such a petition shall be 8 numbered consecutively, beginning with number one, at the foot of each 9 sheet. Such a petition must set forth in every instance the correct date 10 of signing, the full name of the signer[,] AND his [present] OR HER 11 residence[, the residence from which he was registered at the time of 12 the last preceding general election, the ward of such residence at such 13 time, the election district thereof at such time. A signer need not 14 himself fill in the date, residence or residences, ward or election 15 district. The election district of the signer to be filled in the peti- 16 tion shall be the election district in effect at the time of the last 17 preceding general election. If the residence from which the signer was 18 registered at the time of the last preceding general election is the 19 same as his present residence, the word "same" may be written, instead 20 of repeating the place of residence]. A SIGNER NEED ONLY PLACE HIS OR 21 HER SIGNATURE UPON THE PETITION, AND NEED NOT HIMSELF OR HERSELF FILL IN 22 THE OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05948-02-9 A. 6637 2 1 S 2. Paragraph f of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education 2 law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 f. Each sheet of such a petition shall be signed in ink and shall be 5 substantially in the following form: 6 I, the undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly qualified voter 7 of the city of Albany, [that I was registered to vote therein at the 8 time of the last preceding general election,] that my [present] place of 9 residence [and my place of residence at the time of the last preceding 10 general election are] IS truly stated opposite my signature hereto, [I 11 intend to support at the ensuing election,] and I do hereby nominate the 12 following named person as a candidate for nomination for the public 13 office of member of the board of education of the city of Albany to 14 be voted for at the election to be held on the........... day 15 of................,[19] 20..... 16 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand the day and year 17 placed opposite my signature. 18 Date Name of Signer [Present] Residence 19 (SIGNATURE REQUIRED) 20 (PRINTED NAME MAY 21 BE ADDED) 22 ............... ..................... .................... 23 ............... ..................... .................... 24 ............... ..................... .................... 25 [At the Time of the Last Preceding General Election 26 Residence Ward Election District 27 ............... ..................... .................... 28 ............... ..................... .................... 29 ............... ..................... ....................] 30 S 3. Paragraph g of subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education 31 law, as added by chapter 65 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 g. The petition shall be authenticated by witnesses. Such statement 34 shall be accepted for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit, 35 and if false shall subject the witness to the same penalties as if he OR 36 SHE had been duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substan- 37 tially as follows: 38 Statement of Witness 39 I,........................... (name of witness), state: I am a duly 40 qualified voter of the state of New York, and now reside [in the city, 41 town or village of ....................., in such state,] at 42 ........................... [(fill in street and house number and post 43 office) therein] (RESIDENCE ADDRESS). [I was last registered for the 44 general election in the year .......... from ............... (fill in 45 city, town or village) in the county of ................., in such 46 state. The said residence was then in the ............ (fill in number) 47 election district of the ........................ (fill in ward in a 48 city, or town, if outside a city). I know each of the voters whose names 49 are subscribed to this petition sheet containing (fill in number) A. 6637 3 1 ................. signatures and each of them subscribed the same in my 2 presence and upon so subscribing declared to me that the foregoing 3 statement, made and subscribed by him, was true.] 4 EACH OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHOSE NAMES ARE SUBSCRIBED TO THIS PETITION 5 SHEET CONTAINING .................. (FILL IN NUMBER) SIGNATURES, 6 SUBSCRIBED THE SAME IN MY PRESENCE ON THE DATE ABOVE INDICATED AND IDEN- 7 TIFIED HIMSELF OR HERSELF TO BE THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNED THIS SHEET. 8 .................... 9 Signature of witness 10 Date................. 11 S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 12 ing the date on which it shall have become a law and shall apply to 13 elections occurring on or after such date.