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- Substituted by A7754A
- Ordered to third reading cal.1716
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to education
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Relates to the term of office of trustees of cooperative public library systems
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Anthony Brindisi
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BILL NUMBER:S5793
Title of bill
An act to amend the education law, in relation to the term of office of trustees of cooperative public library systems
Purpose
To make the terms of members of the boards of trustees of libraries either three or five years.
Summary of legislation
Section 1: The opening paragraph of paragraph (f) of subdivision 2 of section 255 of the education is amended to change terms limits to read as either three of five years. Additionally, where the term of office of a trustee is five years, no trustee shall hold office consecutively for more than two full five year terms and where the term of office of a trustee is three years, no trustee shall hold office consecutively for more than three full three year terms. Provide further that in no case shall a trustee serve for more than eleven consecutive years; provide further, however, years served by a trustee appointed to fill an unexpired term shall not count towards such consecutive years limit.
Within one month after approving a change in the length of the term of office of trustees, the trustees shall apply to the regents for an amendment to the charter of the cooperative library system. Such change in the length of the term of office of trustees shall not take effect until such charter amendment is approved by the regents. Any cooperative library system that changes the length of the term of office of trustees pursuant to this paragraph, may appoint an individual for a shorter term in order to ensure that as nearly as possible, an equal number of trustees shall be elected to the board each year, with the trustees assigned such shorter terms determined by lot, and provide further that the term of office of each incumbent member of the board shall not be decreased thereby.
Justification
Currently Library board members serve a term of five years. With potential problems in the board, the option of a three year term gives individual libraries who have these issues a chance to change their board members more frequently.
Library Trustees are chosen for a five year term but there is currently no option for a lesser term.
This bill seeks to have library trustees serve a maximum of two terms limited at either three or five years each.
Legislative history
New bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
January 1, 2016.
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