Bill Text: NY S02646 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the vote of town boards concerning rezoning matters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S02646 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02646-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2646
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 27, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to changes in zoning
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 265 of
    2  the town law, as amended by chapter 606 of the laws of 1990, is  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    Such regulations, restrictions and boundaries may from time to time be
    5  amended.  Such  amendment shall be effected by a simple majority vote of
    6  the town board, except that IF THE TOWN BOARD CONSISTS OF FOUR  OR  MORE
    7  MEMBERS,  THAT any such amendment shall require the approval of at least
    8  three-fourths of the members of the town board in the event such  amend-
    9  ment  is  the  subject of a written protest, presented to the town board
   10  and signed by:
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02103-01-5