Bill Text: NY A02735 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Shortens the time frame within which a meeting may be called to vote on consolidation of school districts after qualified voters have not voted in favor of consolidation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to education [A02735 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A02735-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2735
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 17, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRINDISI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Education
       AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to proceedings at meet-
         ings to consolidate school districts
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 1512 of the education law, as
    2  amended by chapter 461 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    1.  Such  meeting  shall  be  organized as provided in section fifteen
    5  hundred twenty-three OF THIS ARTICLE.  Such meeting may adopt  a  resol-
    6  ution to consolidate such districts if two-thirds of the qualified elec-
    7  tors  of  each  district  having  less than fifteen of such electors are
    8  present, or in case of districts having fifteen or more qualified  elec-
    9  tors if ten or more are present.  The vote upon such resolution shall be
   10  by  ballot  or  by  taking and recording the ayes and noes.  If the vote
   11  shall be by taking and recording the ayes and noes, the clerk  and  such
   12  assistants as may be provided for him OR HER by the meeting shall keep a
   13  poll-list  upon which shall be recorded the names of all qualified elec-
   14  tors voting upon the resolution, the districts in  which  such  electors
   15  reside, and how each elector voted.  If the vote shall be by ballot, one
   16  or  more inspectors of election shall be appointed in such manner as the
   17  meeting shall determine, who shall receive the votes cast,  canvass  the
   18  same and announce the result of the ballot to the chairman.  If the vote
   19  shall  be  by  ballot  then  voting  machines  may be used in the manner
   20  prescribed by section two  thousand  thirty-five  of  this  chapter  and
   21  provision  shall be made for absentee ballots as provided in section two
   22  thousand eighteen-a or two thousand eighteen-b of this chapter.   If  it
   23  shall  appear  that  a  majority  of  the qualified electors present and
   24  voting from each district are in favor of such resolution, it  shall  be
   25  declared adopted and where at least one of the districts consolidated is
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06547-01-3
       A. 2735                             2
    1  a  union free school district it shall be lawful for such meeting there-
    2  after to proceed to the election of a board of education as provided  in
    3  sections  seventeen hundred two and seventeen hundred four of this chap-
    4  ter.    If  a majority of the qualified electors present and voting from
    5  each  district  are  not  in  favor  of  such  resolution,  all  further
    6  proceedings  at  such meeting, except a motion to reconsider or adjourn,
    7  shall be dispensed with and no such meeting shall be again called within
    8  [one year thereafter] SIXTY DAYS OF SUCH VOTE.
    9    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.