Bill Text: NY A09040 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the elections of members to the board of education of the city school district of the city of Albany.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.236 [A09040 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-A09040-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ S. 7432--A A. 9040--A SENATE - ASSEMBLY January 18, 2018 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. FAHY, McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit- tee AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the elections of members to the board of education of the city school district of the city of Albany; and to repeal subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education law relating thereto The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 2502 of the education law is 2 REPEALED. 3 § 2. Section 2601 of the education law, as amended by chapter 171 of 4 the laws of 1996, is amended to read as follows: 5 § 2601. Application of article. This article shall apply to each city 6 school district of a city which has less than one hundred twenty-five 7 thousand inhabitants, according to the latest federal census, except as 8 otherwise provided in section twenty-six hundred one-a of this chapter 9 and except as otherwise provided by subdivision [nine or] nine-a of 10 section twenty-five hundred two of this chapter. 11 § 3. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as amended 12 by section 9 of part A of chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended to 13 read as follows: 14 2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special school 15 district meetings for the purpose of adopting a school district budget 16 in the same manner as a union free school district in accordance with 17 the provisions of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise 18 provided by this section. The annual meeting and election of each such 19 city school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14188-02-8S. 7432--A 2 A. 9040--A 1 year, provided, however that such annual meeting and election shall be 2 held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of 3 a local school board certifies no later than March first that such 4 election would conflict with religious observances, and any school budg- 5 et revote shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in 6 subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this title. The 7 provisions of this article, and where applicable [subdivisions nine and] 8 subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five hundred two of this title, 9 governing the qualification and registration of voters, and procedures 10 for the nomination and election of members of the board of education 11 shall continue to apply, and shall govern the qualification and regis- 12 tration of voters and voting procedures with respect to the adoption of 13 a school district budget. 14 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law, as amended 15 by section 6 of part M of chapter 57 of the laws of 2005, is amended to 16 read as follows: 17 2. The board of education shall conduct all annual and special school 18 district meetings for the purpose of adopting a school district budget 19 in the same manner as a union free school district in accordance with 20 the provisions of article forty-one of this title, except as otherwise 21 provided by this section. The annual meeting and election of each such 22 city school district shall be held on the third Tuesday of May in each 23 year, provided, however that such annual meeting and election shall be 24 held on the second Tuesday in May if the commissioner at the request of 25 a local school board certifies no later than March first that such 26 election would conflict with religious observances, and any school budg- 27 et revote shall be held on the date and in the same manner specified in 28 subdivision three of section two thousand seven of this title. The 29 provisions of this article, and where applicable [subdivisions nine and] 30 subdivision nine-a of section twenty-five hundred two of this title, 31 governing the qualification and registration of voters, and procedures 32 for the nomination and election of members of the board of education 33 shall continue to apply, and shall govern the qualification and regis- 34 tration of voters and voting procedures with respect to the adoption of 35 a school district budget. 36 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, the 37 amendments to subdivision 2 of section 2601-a of the education law made 38 by section three of this act shall be subject to the expiration and 39 reversion of such section pursuant to section 13 of part A of chapter 97 40 of the laws of 2011, as amended, when upon such date the provisions of 41 section four of this act shall take effect.
