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                                  1208

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             January 8, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN  ACT  to  amend  the town law, in relation to holding the election of
  fire district commissioners on the same day as the election of  school
  board members

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town law, as amended by
chapter 334 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as follows:
  1. An annual election shall be held  in  each  fire  district  on  the
[second  Tuesday  in  December,  except  that in the Ocean Bay Park fire
district, the Lonelyville fire district, the Davis Park  fire  district,
the  Cherry  Grove  fire district, the Fair Harbor fire district and the
Fire Island Pines fire district, Suffolk county,  such  annual  election
shall  be held on the second Tuesday in July, except that in the town of
Salisbury, Herkimer county, such annual election shall be  held  on  the
Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November from six o'clock in
the  morning  until  nine  o'clock in the evening and except that in the
Belfast fire district, Allegany county, such annual  election  shall  be
held on the first Tuesday in December] SAME DATE AND AT THE SAME POLLING
PLACE AS THE ELECTION OF SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF
THE  MUNICIPALITY.  The  board  of  fire commissioners shall give notice
thereof by the publication of a notice once in one  or  more  newspapers
having  a  general circulation in the district. The first publication of
such notice shall be not less than twenty-seven days and not  more  than
thirty-four  days  prior to the date of such election. Such notice shall
specify the time when and the place where such election  will  be  held,
the  officers  to  be elected thereat and their terms of office, and the
hours during which the polls will be open for the  receipt  of  ballots.
The  secretary  of  such fire district shall, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF
THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS, prepare the ballots for all  elections  of  fire

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04577-01-5
              

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district officers and the polls shall remain open for the receipt there-
of  at  all  elections of fire district officers from six o'clock in the
[evening] MORNING until nine o'clock in the evening [and such additional
consecutive  hours  prior  thereto as the board of fire commissioners of
such district may have determined and specified in the  notice  thereof.
The board of fire commissioners shall designate a resident fire district
elector, who shall be a registered voter of the town, to act as chairman
of  any  election of said district and shall designate not less than two
nor more than four resident fire district electors, who shall be  regis-
tered voters of the town to act as election inspectors and ballot clerks
at  such elections. No elective officer of the fire district shall serve
as such chairman or as an election inspector or ballot clerk. The  board
of  fire commissioners may adopt a resolution providing that such chair-
man, election inspectors and ballot  clerks  shall  be  paid  for  their
respective  services  at  any  such  annual  election  or at any special
election of the fire district. Such resolution, if  adopted,  shall  fix
the  amount  of such compensation, as follows: if the hours during which
the polls will be open for the receipt of ballots are from  six  o'clock
in  the  evening  until nine o'clock in the evening, a sum not to exceed
thirty-five dollars for each such official;  if  additional  consecutive
hours  prior  to six o'clock in the evening are determined and specified
in the notice of election, a sum not to exceed fifty  dollars  for  each
such  official].    THE METHOD AND MANNER OF SUBMISSION, PREPARATION AND
PROVISION OF BALLOTS AND BALLOT LABELS, USE OF VOTING  MACHINES,  QUALI-
FICATIONS  OF VOTERS, CORRECTING REGISTERS, AND CONDUCTING THE ELECTION,
CANVASSING THE RESULT AND MAKING AND FILING THE RETURNS, AND  ALL  OTHER
PROCEDURES WITH REFERENCE TO THE SUBMISSION OF ANY VOTE, SHALL BE IN THE
SAME  METHOD AND MANNER USED FOR VOTING IN THE SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION, OR
AS CLOSE AS IS PRACTICAL, AS DETERMINED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ALL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH BALLOTS  AND  ANY
ADDITIONAL  POLL  WORKERS NECESSARY FOR SUCH VOTE SHALL BE BORNE BY SUCH
FIRE DISTRICT. THE LOCAL BOARD OF  ELECTIONS  SHALL  APPOINT  SUCH  POLL
WORKERS  AS  DEEMED  NECESSARY  BY  SUCH BOARD AND SHALL PRESCRIBE THEIR
DUTIES, TITLES, RANKS AND SALARY IN ACCORDANCE WITH  THE  PROVISION  SET
FORTH IN SECTION 3-300 OF THE ELECTION LAW.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.