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- Recommit, enacting clause stricken
- Referred to education
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Requires voting for appropriations for library purposes to occur on the same day as the school district election
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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BILL NUMBER:S4027
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law and the town law, in relation to requiring library and fire district budget proposal elections to occur on the same day as the school district budget vote; and to repeal certain provisions of the town law relating thereto
Purpose or general idea of bill
This bill would require that fire and library budget proposal votes for a municipality be held on the same day as the school budget vote in that municipality.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends section 259 of the education law to state that the budget proposal votes for registered public and free association libraries be held on the same day as the school district budget vote in that municipality.
Section 2 amends section 105 of the town law to read that the board of commissioners for each fire district shall submit their fire district budgets on or before the twentieth day in April and that it be presented to the voters on the same day as the school district budget vote in that municipality.
Section 3 repeals section 109 of the town law.
Section 4 changes subdivision 3 of section 181 of the town law to reflect the changes made to section 105 of the town law.
Section 5 states allows for the state board of elections to promulgate rules and regulations for the implementation of voting for the library and fire district budget proposal on the same day as the school district budget vote for each municipality.
Justification
This bill will allow for the convenience of the electors of a municipality to vote on the school, fire and library budget proposals on the same day. This may increase turnout for budget votes if residents are able to easily keep track of what day all three will be held, as opposed to having three separate votes spread out during the year.
Prior legislative history
2009-10: A.7760, Referred to Local Governments Committee; 2007-08: A.7276, Held for Consideration in Local Governments Committee. None in Senate.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately, provided that sections one, two, three and four of this act shall take effect January 1, 2013.
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