Bill Text: NY A07652 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Assembly Bill 7652 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Establishes the Dennis P. McHugh Piermont Public Library as the polling place for library elections and polling hours from 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-03 - signed chap.310 [A07652 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07652-Amended.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        7652--A
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 12, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on  Libraries  and  Education Technology -- committee discharged, bill
         amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
         tee
       AN  ACT  to  amend  chapter  420  of  the  laws of 1998, relating to the
         creation of the Piermont library district, in relation to the  polling
         place and hours of voting for library elections
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subdivision 1 and subdivision 2 of section
    2  2 of chapter 420 of the laws of 1998, relating to the  creation  of  the
    3  Piermont library district, is amended to read as follows:
    4    (c)  the  election of nine trustees as hereinafter provided. The trus-
    5  tees of the existing Piermont public library shall give notice  of  said
    6  election by the publication of a notice in one or more newspapers having
    7  a  general  circulation in the district to be served. The first publica-
    8  tion of such notice shall be not less than thirteen days  and  not  more
    9  than  twenty  days  prior to the date of such election. In addition, the
   10  board of trustees of the existing Piermont public  library  shall  cause
   11  copies  of such notice to be posted conspicuously in three public places
   12  in the village at  least  thirteen  days  prior  to  the  date  of  such
   13  election.  Such  notice  shall specify the time when and the place where
   14  such election will be held, the issues to be decided  at  said  election
   15  and  the  hours  during  which  polls  will  be  open for the receipt of
   16  ballots. The board of trustees of the existing Piermont  public  library
   17  shall  prepare  the ballots for such election and the polls shall remain
   18  open for the receipt thereof [at all elections]  from  6:00  a.m.  until
   19  9:00  p.m.  The  board  of trustees shall designate a resident qualified
   20  voter of such district to act as chairperson of  any  election  of  such
   21  district  and shall designate not less than two nor more than four resi-
   22  dent qualified voters at the polling place [which shall be  the  village
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11527-02-1
       A. 7652--A                          2
    1  hall] to act as election inspectors and ballot clerks at such elections.
    2  No  trustee  shall  serve  as chairperson or as an election inspector or
    3  ballot clerk. The board of trustees may  adopt  a  resolution  providing
    4  that  such  chairperson,  election inspectors and ballot clerks shall be
    5  paid for their respective services at the initial election. Such  resol-
    6  ution,  if  adopted, may fix reasonable compensation for the services of
    7  such official. Every voter of the village, otherwise qualified  to  vote
    8  at a village election shall be qualified to vote at said election. After
    9  the  polls have closed at said election, the election inspectors and the
   10  ballot clerks shall immediately canvass publicly the  ballots  cast  and
   11  the  chairperson  of  the  election  shall publicly announce the result.
   12  Within seventy-two hours thereafter, the chairperson,  election  inspec-
   13  tors  and  ballot  clerks  shall  execute  and file a certificate of the
   14  result of the canvass with the board of trustees and with the clerks  of
   15  the village of Piermont.
   16    2.  In the event that the district is created there shall be an annual
   17  election conducted by the board of  trustees  of  the  Piermont  library
   18  district  in  accordance  with the provisions of subdivision one of this
   19  section, at a time to be set by the board, at which  election  vacancies
   20  on the board of trustees shall be filled and at which any proposed budg-
   21  et  which  the board shall determine to submit to the voters pursuant to
   22  section four of this act shall be submitted to the voters.  THE  POLLING
   23  PLACE  FOR  ANNUAL  ELECTIONS  SHALL  BE THE DENNIS P.   MCHUGH PIERMONT
   24  PUBLIC LIBRARY AND THE POLLS SHALL REMAIN OPEN  FROM  11:00  A.M.  UNTIL
   25  8LABOR P.M.
   26    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.