Bill Text: NY S07605 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to Buffalo city school district petitions for nomination of school board members.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-17 - SIGNED CHAP.431 [S07605 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07605-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7605
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 6, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
       AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to  Buffalo  city  school
         district petitions for nomination of school board members
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraphs f and g of subdivision 10 of section 2553 of the
    2  education law, as added by chapter 242 of the laws of 1974, are  amended
    3  to read as follows:
    4    f.  Petitions for the nomination of members of such school board shall
    5  be on white paper containing the required signatures of qualified voters
    6  of the city of Buffalo. The sheets of such petition  shall  be  numbered
    7  consecutively,  beginning  with  number  one, at the foot of each sheet.
    8  Such a petition must set forth in every instance  the  correct  date  of
    9  signing,  the  full name of the signer[,] AND his [present] OR HER resi-
   10  dence[, the residence from which he was registered at the  time  of  the
   11  last  preceding general election, if he was registered at that time, the
   12  city school subdistrict of such residence at such time and the  election
   13  district  thereof  at  such  time. A signer need not himself fill in the
   14  date, residence or  residences,  city  school  subdistrict  or  election
   15  district.   The election district of the signer to be filed in the peti-
   16  tion shall be the election district in effect at the time  of  the  last
   17  preceding  general  election. If the residence from which the signer was
   18  registered at the time of the last preceding  general  election  is  the
   19  same  as  his present residence, the word "same" may be written, instead
   20  of repeating the place of residence. If the signer was not registered at
   21  the time of the last general election, he shall write "not registered at
   22  that time."]. A SIGNER NEED ONLY PLACE HIS OR  HER  SIGNATURE  UPON  THE
   23  PETITION,  AND  NEED  NOT  HIMSELF OR HERSELF FILL IN THE OTHER REQUIRED
   24  INFORMATION.
   25    g. Each sheet of such a petition shall be signed in ink and  shall  be
   26  substantially in the following form:
   27    I,  the  undersigned, do hereby state that I am a duly qualified voter
   28  of the city of Buffalo, that my [present] place  of  residence  [and  my
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD15910-01-2
       S. 7605                             2
    1  place of residence at the time of the last preceding general election if
    2  I was registered at such time are] IS truly stated opposite my signature
    3  hereto,  [I  intend  to support at the ensuing election] and I do hereby
    4  nominate  the  following named person as a candidate for nomination (for
    5  the public office of member of the board of education  of  the  city  of
    6  Buffalo at large..............day of...................., [19] 20.....,)
    7  (for   the  city  school  subdistrict.............day  of........,  [19]
    8  20.....)
    9    In witness whereof, I have hereunto set  my  hand  the  day  and  year
   10  placed opposite my signature.
   11      Date             Name of Signer           Present Residence
   12   ..............    ..................        ....................
   13   ..............    ..................        ....................
   14   ..............    ..................        ....................
   15  [At the Time of the Last Preceding General Election.
   16     Residence        City School Subdistrict        Election District
   17   ...............   .........................      ..................
   18   ...............   .........................      ..................
   19   ...............   .........................      ..................]
   20    The petition shall be authenticated by witnesses. Such statement shall
   21  be  accepted  for all purposes as the equivalent of an affidavit, and if
   22  false shall subject the witness to the same penalties as if  he  OR  SHE
   23  had  been  duly sworn. The form of such statement shall be substantially
   24  as follows:
   25                            STATEMENT OF WITNESS
   26    I,...................., (name of witness), state: I am a  duly  quali-
   27  fied voter of the state of New York, and now reside in the city, town or
   28  village       of...............,       in       such      state,      at
   29  .......................(fill in street and house number and post office)
   30  therein. I know each of the voters whose names are  subscribed  to  this
   31  petition  sheet  containing  (fill in number).............signatures and
   32  each of them subscribed the same in my presence and upon so  subscribing
   33  declared to me that the foregoing statement, made and subscribed by him,
   34  was true.
   35                                               .....................
   36                                               Signature of witness
   37  Date...........
   38    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.