Senate Bill S3907

2013-2014 Legislative Session

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

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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-S3907 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2735
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1512, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S6691, A10241
2015-2016: S4464, A2360
2017-2018: S2301, A6415

2013-S3907 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2013-S3907 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S3907 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3907

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 26, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. GRIFFO, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee 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:

  Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of  section 1512 of the education law, as
amended by chapter 461 of the laws  of  1996,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  1.  Such  meeting  shall  be  organized as provided in section fifteen
hundred twenty-three OF THIS ARTICLE.  Such meeting may adopt  a  resol-
ution to consolidate such districts if two-thirds of the qualified elec-
tors  of  each  district  having  less than fifteen of such electors are
present, or in case of districts having fifteen or more qualified  elec-
tors if ten or more are present.  The vote upon such resolution shall be
by  ballot  or  by  taking and recording the ayes and noes.  If the vote
shall be by taking and recording the ayes and noes, the clerk  and  such
assistants as may be provided for him OR HER by the meeting shall keep a
poll-list  upon which shall be recorded the names of all qualified elec-
tors voting upon the resolution, the districts in  which  such  electors
reside, and how each elector voted.  If the vote shall be by ballot, one
or  more inspectors of election shall be appointed in such manner as the
meeting shall determine, who shall receive the votes cast,  canvass  the
same and announce the result of the ballot to the chairman.  If the vote
shall  be  by  ballot  then  voting  machines  may be used in the manner
prescribed by section two  thousand  thirty-five  of  this  chapter  and
provision  shall be made for absentee ballots as provided in section two
thousand eighteen-a or two thousand eighteen-b of this chapter.   If  it
shall  appear  that  a  majority  of  the qualified electors present and
voting from each district are in favor of such resolution, it  shall  be
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

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