Bill Text: NY A02288 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the election of fire district officers for the Eastchester fire district in the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-09-27 - signed chap.345 [A02288 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-A02288-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2288--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
January 11, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to authorizing the Eastchester fire district, in the
town of Eastchester, county of Westchester, to change the date of its
annual election
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision one of section
2 175 of the town law generally requiring holding annual fire district
3 elections on the second Tuesday in December, and notwithstanding the
4 provision of subdivision 6 of section 175 of the town law related to the
5 number of electors in each fire district election district: the East-
6 chester fire district, in the town of Eastchester, county of Westches-
7 ter, whose boundaries only encompass the entire corporate limits of the
8 town of Eastchester and each village within such town and where the only
9 eligible electors of such fire district are also eligible electors of
10 such town and villages, shall hold its annual election on the Tuesday
11 next succeeding the first Monday in November provided that (i) such fire
12 district election is held at every polling site as may be established by
13 the Westchester county board of elections; (ii) such fire district
14 election districts are the same as the election districts as may be
15 established by the Westchester county board of elections, such that an
16 elector shall not be required to visit more than one polling site on
17 such date; (iii) such fire district polls remain open for the same hours
18 as the polls administered by the Westchester county board of elections;
19 (iv) both of the Westchester county board of elections commissioners
20 approve in writing of such fire district elections being held in the
21 same locations as the elections held on the Tuesday next succeeding the
22 first Monday in November administered by such board of elections; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD05063-02-3
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1 (v) the Eastchester fire district adheres to the provisions of section
2 175 of the town law that are not inconsistent with this act.
3 S 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 179 of the town law
4 authorizing fire districts to hold special elections to vote upon appro-
5 priations, or any other law that would authorize the Eastchester fire
6 district to hold a special election, all elections of the Eastchester
7 fire district shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first
8 Monday in November in the manner provided for by this act.
9 S 3. Nothing in this act shall be construed to require the Westchester
10 county board of elections to authorize, administer, or otherwise oversee
11 the Eastchester fire district elections, provided, however, that such
12 county board of elections shall be authorized to provide technical
13 assistance to such fire district.
14 S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
