Bill Text: NY S09763 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to when a referendum is required when a village has provided that village elections shall occur on the same day as the general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2024-08-06 - SIGNED CHAP.219 [S09763 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09763-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9763

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 29, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to conducting referenda  in
          villages with November elections

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Section 9-900 of the village law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Whenever a village has provided that village elections shall  occur
     4  on  the  day  of  the general election pursuant to section 15-104 of the
     5  election law, and:
     6    a. whenever this chapter or any state statute shall provide  that  any
     7  local  law or resolution of the board of trustees is subject to a manda-
     8  tory referendum and if no other procedure  is  otherwise  provided  for,
     9  such  referendum  shall be conducted as provided in section twenty-three
    10  of the municipal home rule law; or
    11    b. whenever this chapter or any state statute shall  provide  that  an
    12  act  of  resolution  of the board of trustees is subject to a permissive
    13  referendum, such act or resolution shall be subject to a  referendum  on
    14  petition as set forth in paragraph a of subdivision one of section twen-
    15  ty-four of the municipal home rule law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15272-01-4
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