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Senate Bill S4510
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections 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
2013-S4510 (ACTIVE) - Details
2013-S4510 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4510 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the election law, in relation to enlarging the definition of the term "election" for certain purposes PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to require reporting of spending in support of or opposition to certain school district budget proposals. . SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: This bill would add school district budget proposal votes conducted pursuant to Education Law sections 2022 (common school districts, union free school district, central school districts and central high school districts) and 2601-a (cites with fewer than 125,000 inhabitants) to those ballot proposals that require campaign receipt and expenditure disclosures under Article 14 of the Election Law. JUSTIFICATION: For those areas outside of the state's five most populous cities, perhaps no local political unit has a greater impact on the community than the school districts. School districts, led by tireless citizen board members, trustees and volunteers, shape community education policy in the state and have a direct and substantial impact on the property taxes paid by local residents. School board decisions, including budgets submitted to voters for approval, determine the level of local taxpayer resources that will be devoted to public education and concomitantly, how much the community
2013-S4510 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4510 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 5, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to enlarging the defi- nition of the term "election" for certain purposes THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 14-100 of the election law, as added by chapter 8 of the laws of 1978 and redesignated by chapter 9 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 11. "election" means all general, special and primary elections, but shall not include elections provided for pursuant to the education law, special district elections, fire district elections or library district elections EXCEPT THAT IT SHALL INCLUDE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUDGET VOTES PURSUANT TO SECTIONS TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO AND TWENTY-SIX HUNDRED ONE-A OF THE EDUCATION LAW. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08078-01-3
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