Bill Text: NY A01407 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to vacancies on boards of cooperative educational services.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-06-08 - signed chap.61 [A01407 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01407-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        1407--B
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. PAULIN, JAFFEE, OTIS, GALEF, McDONOUGH, BUTLER,
         RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  ARROYO,  CROUCH,  DUPREY,
         GOODELL,  LUPARDO, MAGEE, McLAUGHLIN, RIVERA -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Education -- committee discharged,  bill  amended,
         ordered  reprinted  as  amended  and  recommitted to said committee --
         again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered  reprinted
         as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to vacancies on boards of
         cooperative educational services
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision  2-a  of  section  1950  of  the
    2  education law, as amended by chapter 602 of the laws of 1994, is amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    f.  [In the event of a vacancy in the membership of a board of cooper-
    5  ative educational services which occurs prior to January  first  in  any
    6  school  year or during the period commencing five days prior to the date
    7  designated for submission of nominations of candidates to the  board  of
    8  cooperative  educational  services  and  ending  on  the last day of the
    9  school year, a special election to fill such vacancy shall be  conducted
   10  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraphs b, c and d of this
   11  subdivision on a date designated by the president of the board of  coop-
   12  erative  educational  services  not  late than forty-five days after the
   13  date the vacancy occurred.] In the event of a vacancy in the  membership
   14  of a board of cooperative educational services [which occurs on or after
   15  January  first  and prior to the fifth day preceding the date designated
   16  for submission of nominations of candidates  the  board  of  cooperative
   17  educational  services],  SUCH  BOARD OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
   18  may fill such vacancy by  appointment,  PROVIDED  THAT  NOTIFICATION  BE
   19  PROVIDED  TO ALL COMPONENT BOARDS OF SUCH VACANCY AND THAT THE COMPONENT
   20  BOARDS ARE GIVEN TEN DAYS TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS AND/OR  OBJECTIONS  TO
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04870-06-5
       A. 1407--B                          2
    1  FILL  THE VACANCY BY APPOINTMENT, and the person so appointed shall hold
    2  office until the next annual election of the board of cooperative educa-
    3  tional services. [Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  subdivi-
    4  sion,  any vacancy which occurs on or after July first, nineteen hundred
    5  ninety-three and prior to January first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-four
    6  shall be filled by a special election in accordance with paragraphs b, c
    7  and d of this subdivision.]
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.