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History
- Approval memo.3
- Signed chap.412
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.554
- Substituted for A7215
- Referred to local governments
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–0
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
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- 1st report cal.618
- Referred to local government
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Relates to legalizing, validating, ratifying and confirming certain actions of the Oneonta fire district
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor William Magee
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4541
Title of bill
An act to legalize, validate, ratify and confirm certain actions of the Oneonta Fire District relating to its operation
Purpose
To validate the proceedings and actions of the Oneonta Fire District
Summary of provisions
Section 1 provides that any actions of the Oneonta Fire District taken from 2010 to the present are hereby validated and ratified. Section 2 provides the effective date.
Existing law
Not applicable.
Justification
The Oneonta Fire District, a subdivision of the state located within the Town of Oneonta, Otsego County, appointed commissioners to fill vacancies in the time period of 2010-2014 and through error or omission failed to schedule elections each December subsequent to the appointment of commissioner(s) for the voters to ratify the interim appointments as provided for by law. As a result, by 2010 the fire district was without a quorum of elected commissioners empowered to approve and negotiate contracts and budgets and establish tax levies. The legislation validates the fire district's actions during a period of time without a quorum of elected commissioners legally empowered to act.
Legislative history
New bill
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
Immediate
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