What's happening
This bill allows Mattituck park district commissioners to appoint, rather than elect, the district treasurer.
Why it matters
Shifts financial oversight power. By allowing park commissioners to appoint the treasurer, the bill gives sitting commissioners more direct control over who manages district funds, potentially making fiscal oversight more responsive to current leadership priorities.
Reduces direct voter influence. Removing the election of the treasurer takes that decision out of the hands of district residents, which could reduce transparency or public input in the management of park finances.
Could impact accountability and expertise. Appointment may allow commissioners to select a treasurer with specific qualifications or align with district needs, but it also introduces the possibility of favoritism or reduced checks and balances compared to an elected position.
Streamlines administrative processes. This change may expedite filling treasurer vacancies or adapting to changing district needs, as commissioners can appoint someone without waiting for an election cycle.
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History
- Signed chap.358
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 63–0
- 3rd reading cal.1113
- Substituted for S5776B
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.549
- Rules report cal.549
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Print number 7522b
- Amend (t) and recommit to local governments
- Print number 7522a
- Amend and recommit to local governments
- Referred to local governments
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Park District Treasurer Appointed
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Kenneth P. LaValle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7522--B
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 28, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend chapter 924 of the laws of 1941 relating to legalizing acts and proceedings of the town board of the town of Southold, Suffolk county relating to the establishment of the Mattituck park district, in relation to appointment of a treasurer by the park commissioners
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Sections 1 and 2 of chapter 924 of the laws of 1941 relating to legalizing acts and proceedings of the town board of the town of Southold, Suffolk county relating to the establishment of the Mattituck park district, section 1 as amended by chapter 459 of the laws of 2009, are amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The Mattituck park district in the town of Southold, Suffolk county, heretofore established by the town board of the town of Southold pursuant to the petition of resident taxpayers of the district, is hereby continued as a public park district in said town. The legal voters of the district, as determined by the Suffolk county board of elections list of eligible voters in effect as of the previous general election, shall elect three residents of such park district thereof to be the park commissioners, for terms of one, two and three years respectively[; and]. The park commissioners shall [also elect] appoint a treasurer in such park district [for a term of three years,] who shall be entitled to receive and have custody of the funds of the district and pay out the same for the purposes herein provided for, on the order of the park commissioners. The treasurer, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall give such security for the safe-keeping and
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[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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lawful application of the funds of the district as the town board of the town of Southold may require. Additional security shall be given from time to time for the safe-keeping and lawful application of the proceeds of town bonds or certificates of indebtedness issued and sold for any improvement or acquisition of land voted by residents of the district and approved by the town board of the town. The commissioners constituting the board of park commissioners, elected pursuant to chapter sixtyone of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-four, now in office, shall constitute the board of park commissioners herein provided for until the expiration of their present terms, respectively, and the present incumbent of the office of the treasurer of said district shall continue to be the treasurer of said district until the expiration of his or her term and until his or her successor is [elected] appointed and has qualified. The park commissioners shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for their expenses actually and necessarily incurred by them in the performance of their duties hereunder. The treasurer shall receive [a] compensation to be fixed by the park commissioners within the amount authorized by the residents of the district. The park commissioners may employ a secretary and such other employees and technical assistants as may be necessary and fix their compensation within the amount provided therefor. Residency within the Mattituck park district shall be determined by the voter's address as set forth on the Suffolk county board of elections list of eligible voters in effect as of the previous election and shall be within the boundaries of the Mattituck park district as set forth in this chapter.
The annual estimates of amounts necessary to provide for the operation of the park district shall include estimates of amounts necessary to pay the salary of the treasurer and expenses of the park district for personal service of employees and expenses of the park commissioners, and the amount or amounts approved and voted by the residents of the district shall be included and raised by tax on taxable real property of the park district.
§ 2. The secretary of the park district, not less than thirty days prior to the expiration of the term of office of any such commissioner [or of the treasurer], shall call an election by posting notices of the election conspicuously in at least four of the most public places in said district and publishing the same in a newspaper published in the town of Southold for two weeks immediately preceding the election. Each notice of an election hereunder shall specify the offices to be filled and the date, hour and place of the election. Special elections to fill vacancies shall be called in the same manner, within thirty days after any such vacancy shall occur. All elections shall be by ballot.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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