Senate Bill S2122A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the election of fire district officers for the Eastchester fire district in the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S2122 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2288
Law Section:
Westchester County
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9609

2013-S2122 - Summary

Relates to the election of fire district officers in the town of Eastchester fire district in the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester.

2013-S2122 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2122 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 2122                                                  A. 2288

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            January 11, 2013
                               ___________

IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the town law,  in  relation  to  the  election  of  fire
  district officers in the town of Eastchester

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 334 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. An annual election shall be held  in  each  fire  district  on  the
second  Tuesday  in  December,  except  that  in the Ocean Bay Park fire
district, the Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park  fire  district,
the  Cherry  Grove  fire district, the Fair Harbor fire district and the
Fire Island Pines fire district, Suffolk county,  such  annual  election
shall  be held on the second Tuesday in July, except that in the town of
Salisbury, Herkimer county, AND THE  TOWN  OF  EASTCHESTER,  WESTCHESTER
COUNTY,  such annual election shall be held on the Tuesday next succeed-
ing the first Monday in November from six o'clock in the  morning  until
nine  o'clock  in  the  evening  and  except  that  in  the Belfast fire
district, Allegany county, such annual election shall  be  held  on  the
first  Tuesday  in  December. The board of fire commissioners shall give
notice thereof by the publication of a notice once in one or more  news-
papers  having a general circulation in the district. The first publica-
tion of such notice shall be not less than  twenty-seven  days  and  not
more  than  thirty-four  days  prior  to the date of such election. Such
notice shall specify the time when and the  place  where  such  election
will  be  held,  the  officers  to be elected thereat and their terms of
office, and the hours during which  the  polls  will  be  open  for  the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05063-01-3
              

co-Sponsors

2013-S2122A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2288
Law Section:
Westchester County
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9609

2013-S2122A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the election of fire district officers in the town of Eastchester fire district in the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester.

2013-S2122A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S2122A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 2122--A
    Cal. No. 231

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 11, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  LATIMER, DILAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local  Government
  -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
  report,  ordered  to  a  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
  retaining its place in the order of third reading

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:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision one of section
175  of  the  town  law generally requiring holding annual fire district
elections on the second Tuesday in  December,  and  notwithstanding  the
provision of subdivision 6 of section 175 of the town law related to the
number  of  electors in each fire district election district:  the East-
chester fire district, in the town of Eastchester, county  of  Westches-
ter,  whose boundaries only encompass the entire corporate limits of the
town of Eastchester and each village within such town and where the only
eligible electors of such fire district are also  eligible  electors  of
such  town  and  villages, shall hold its annual election on the Tuesday
next succeeding the first Monday in November provided that (i) such fire
district election is held at every polling site as may be established by
the Westchester county board  of  elections;  (ii)  such  fire  district
election  districts  are  the  same  as the election districts as may be
established by the Westchester county board of elections, such  that  an
elector  shall  not  be  required to visit more than one polling site on
such date; (iii) such fire district polls remain open for the same hours
as the polls administered by the Westchester county board of  elections;
(iv)  both  of  the  Westchester county board of elections commissioners
approve in writing of such fire district elections  being  held  in  the
same  locations as the elections held on the Tuesday next succeeding the

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

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