Assembly Actions -
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Jan 24, 2012 |
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Senate Bill S6309
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2011-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A9095
- Current Committee:
- Senate Local Government
- Law Section:
- Village Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง9-902, Vil L
- Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
-
A3397
2011-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6309 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the village law, in relation to requiring five percent of the number of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election to sign a petition PURPOSE: Requires petitions for permissive referendums to be signed by 5% of the total village vote cast at the most recent gubernatorial election. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Subdivision 1 of section 9-902 of the village law is amended to change the number of required signatures to five per centum of the total village vote cast at the most recent gubernatorial election. JUSTIFICATION: This bill would make village and town law uniform in permissive referendum petition signature requirements. Current village law requires an extensive amount of signatures not necessary or feasible in a small village, where as town law is more practicable, therefore this bill amends village law to be identical to town law in this instance. The present number of petition signatures required for a village to set forth a permissive referendum is difficult and, in
2011-S6309 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 6309 I N S E N A T E January 24, 2012 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation to requiring five percent of the number of people who voted in the last gubernatorial election to sign a petition THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 9-902 of the village law is amended to read as follows: 1. An act or resolution of the board of trustees as described in the preceding section shall not take effect until thirty days after its adoption; nor until approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such village voting on such proposition for its approval if within thirty days after its adoption there be filed with the village clerk a petition signed and acknowledged by electors of the village in number equal to at least [twenty] FIVE per centum of [such electors in the village, as shown on the register of electors for the previous general village election] THE TOTAL VILLAGE VOTE CAST AT THE MOST RECENT GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, protesting against such act or resolution and requesting that it be submitted to the electors of the village for their approval or disapproval. S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14020-02-2
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