Bill Text: NY S08475 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the date for school district and library elections until June 16, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-03 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08475 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S08475-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8475 IN SENATE June 3, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT in relation to extending the date for school district and library elections until June 16, 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or Executive 2 Order No. 202.26 and as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, sections 3 1804, 1906, 2002, 2022, 2601-a of the education law, to the extent 4 necessary, to provide that the annual district meeting and election of 5 every common, union free, central and central high school district and 6 the annual meeting of every city school district in a city having a 7 population of less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants was 8 scheduled to be held on the third Tuesday of May, two thousand twenty is 9 hereby adjourned and rescheduled until June 16, 2020, which shall be 10 deemed the statewide uniform voting day; and provided further, a library 11 district may conduct an election on June 16, 2020 if such election is 12 managed by a school district. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16572-01-0
