NY State Assembly Bill 2015-A4200C

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Jun 02, 2016	amended on third reading 4200c
Jan 06, 2016	ordered to third reading cal.172 returned to assembly died in senate
Jun 18, 2015	referred to rules delivered to senate passed assembly
Jun 15, 2015	ordered to third reading rules cal.338 rules report cal.338 reported
Jun 03, 2015	amend and recommit to rules 4200b
Jun 03, 2015	reported referred to rules
May 27, 2015	print number 4200a
May 27, 2015	amend and recommit to election law
Jan 29, 2015	referred to election law

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co-Sponsors

2015-A4200 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3293
Law Section:: Town Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§81, 91 & 85, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A1345, S1368
2019-2020: A3424, S4665
2021-2022: A7131, S3964
2023-2024: A2922

2015-A4200 - Summary

Relates to town elections and permissive referendums.

2015-A4200 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4200

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE, ABINANTI --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to town elections and  permis-
  sive referendums

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

  Section 1. The opening paragraph and subdivision 4 of  section  81  of
the  town  law,  subdivision  4 as amended by chapter 434 of the laws of
1984, is amended to read as follows:
  The town board may,  upon its own motion, CAUSE TO BE SUBMITTED  AT  A
GENERAL  ELECTION, OR A SPECIAL OR BIENNIAL TOWN ELECTION and shall upon
a petition, as hereinafter provided, cause to be submitted at [a special
or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election, a proposition:
  4. Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated, in the  manner
provided  by  the  election  law  for  the  authentication of nominating
petitions, by electors of the town qualified to vote upon a  proposition
to  raise  and expend money, in number equal to at least five per centum
of the total votes cast for governor in said town at  the  last  general
election  held for the election of state officers, but such number shall
not be less than one hundred in a town of the first class nor less  than
twenty-five  in  a town of the second class. If such a petition be filed
in the office of the town clerk [not less than  sixty  days,  nor]  more
than seventy-five days, prior to [a biennial town] THE GENERAL election,
the  proposition shall be submitted at such [biennial] GENERAL election.
If a petition [be presented at any other time, a special election  shall
be  called  to  be held not less than sixty days, nor more than seventy-
five days after the filing of such petition] IS FILED IN THE  OFFICE  OF
THE TOWN CLERK LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
THEN  IT  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  AT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03432-01-5

A. 4200                             2

  S 2. Section 91 of the town law, as amended by chapter 37 of the  laws
of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S  91.  Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town
board as set forth 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  town  or  district
affected,  voting  on  such proposition, if within thirty days after its
adoption there be filed with the  town  clerk  a  petition  signed,  and
acknowledged  or proved, or authenticated by electors of the town quali-
fied to vote upon a proposition to raise and  expend  money,  in  number
equal to at least five per centum of the total vote cast for governor in
said  town  at  the last general election held for the election of state
officers, but which shall not be less than one hundred in a town of  the
first  class  nor  less  than twenty-five in a town of the second class,
protesting against such act or resolution  and  requesting  that  it  be
submitted  to  the  qualified electors of the town or district affected,
for their approval or disapproval. If such petition be  so  filed  [not]
more than seventy-five days [nor less than sixty days] prior to [a bien-
nial  town] THE GENERAL election, a proposition for the approval of such
act or resolution shall be submitted at  such  [biennial  town]  GENERAL
election. If a petition be so filed [at any other time] LESS THAN SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION,  a proposition for the
approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at [a special town
election to be held not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five  days
after the filing of such petition] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.  The  petition may be made upon separate sheets and the signatures
to each sheet shall be authenticated  in  the  manner  provided  by  the
election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. The several
sheets  so  signed  and authenticated when fastened together and offered
for filing shall be deemed to constitute one petition. If,  within  five
days  after  the filing of such petition, a written objection thereto be
filed with the town clerk, and a verified  petition  setting  forth  the
objections  be  presented by the person so filing such objections to the
supreme court or any justice thereof of the judicial district  in  which
such  town  is  located,  such court or justice within twenty days shall
determine any question arising thereunder and make such order as justice
may require. Such proceeding shall be heard and determined in the manner
prescribed by section 16-116 of the election law.
  S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the town law is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition
therefor at [any special or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election. At
the first biennial town election held at least one hundred  twenty  days
after  the  adoption  of  a  proposition  to abolish the ward system for
election of councilmen, the electors of the town shall elect one-half of
the total number of town councilmen for the term of two years  each  and
one-half  of  the  total  number of town councilmen for the term of four
years each. At each biennial town election held thereafter  there  shall
be  elected one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the term
of four years each. The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on  the
first day of January next succeeding the date of their election.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2015-A4200A - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3293
Law Section:: Town Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§81, 91 & 85, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A1345, S1368
2019-2020: A3424, S4665
2021-2022: A7131, S3964
2023-2024: A2922

2015-A4200A - Summary

Relates to town elections and permissive referendums.

2015-A4200A - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4200--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE, ABINANTI --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

AN  ACT to amend the town law, in relation to town elections and permis-
  sive referendums

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

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph and subdivision 4 of section 81 of
the town law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 434  of  the  laws  of
1984, is amended to read as follows:
  The  town  board may,  upon its own motion, CAUSE TO BE SUBMITTED AT A
GENERAL ELECTION, OR A SPECIAL OR BIENNIAL TOWN ELECTION and shall  upon
a petition, as hereinafter provided, cause to be submitted at [a special
or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election, UNLESS SUCH PETITION STATES
THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD a proposition:
  4.  Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated, in the manner
provided by the  election  law  for  the  authentication  of  nominating
petitions,  by electors of the town qualified to vote upon a proposition
to raise and expend money, in number equal to at least five  per  centum
of  the  total  votes cast for governor in said town at the last general
election held for the election of state officers, but such number  shall
not  be less than one hundred in a town of the first class nor less than
twenty-five in a town of the second class. If such a petition  be  filed
in  the  office  of  the town clerk [not less than sixty days, nor] more
than seventy-five days, prior to [a biennial town] THE GENERAL election,
the proposition shall be submitted at such [biennial] GENERAL  election.
If  a petition [be presented at any other time, a special election shall
be called to be held not less than sixty days, nor  more  than  seventy-
five  days  after the filing of such petition] IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF
THE TOWN CLERK LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ELECTION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03432-02-5

A. 4200--A                          2

THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT THE  GENERAL  ELECTION  IN  THE  FOLLOWING
YEAR.  IF  A  PETITION  STATES  THAT  A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON SUCH
PROPOSITION THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  NOT
LESS  THAN  SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING
OF SUCH PETITION.
  S 2. Section 91 of the town law, as amended by chapter 37 of the  laws
of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S  91.  Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town
board as set forth 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  town  or  district
affected,  voting  on  such proposition, if within thirty days after its
adoption there be filed with the  town  clerk  a  petition  signed,  and
acknowledged  or proved, or authenticated by electors of the town quali-
fied to vote upon a proposition to raise and  expend  money,  in  number
equal to at least five per centum of the total vote cast for governor in
said  town  at  the last general election held for the election of state
officers, but which shall not be less than one hundred in a town of  the
first  class  nor  less  than twenty-five in a town of the second class,
protesting against such act or resolution  and  requesting  that  it  be
submitted  to  the  qualified electors of the town or district affected,
for their approval or disapproval. If such petition be  so  filed  [not]
more than seventy-five days [nor less than sixty days] prior to [a bien-
nial  town] THE GENERAL election, a proposition for the approval of such
act or resolution shall be submitted at  such  [biennial  town]  GENERAL
election. If a petition be so filed [at any other time] LESS THAN SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION,  a proposition for the
approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at [a special town
election to be held not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five  days
after the filing of such petition] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.  IF  A  PETITION  STATES  THAT  A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON SUCH
PROPOSITION THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  NOT
LESS  THAN  SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING
OF SUCH PETITION.  The petition may be made upon separate sheets and the
signatures to each sheet shall be authenticated in the  manner  provided
by  the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. The
several sheets so signed and authenticated when  fastened  together  and
offered for filing shall be deemed to constitute one petition. If, with-
in  five  days  after  the  filing of such petition, a written objection
thereto be filed with the town clerk, and a  verified  petition  setting
forth  the  objections  be  presented  by  the  person  so  filing  such
objections to the supreme court or any justice thereof of  the  judicial
district  in  which  such  town is located, such court or justice within
twenty days shall determine any question  arising  thereunder  and  make
such  order  as  justice may require. Such proceeding shall be heard and
determined in the manner prescribed by section 16-116  of  the  election
law.
  S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the town law is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition
therefor at [any special or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election. At
the  first  biennial town election held at least one hundred twenty days
after the adoption of a proposition  to  abolish  the  ward  system  for
election of councilmen, the electors of the town shall elect one-half of
the  total  number of town councilmen for the term of two years each and
one-half of the total number of town councilmen for  the  term  of  four

A. 4200--A                          3

years  each.  At each biennial town election held thereafter there shall
be elected one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the  term
of  four years each. The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on the
first day of January next succeeding the date of their election.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.

co-Sponsors

2015-A4200B - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3293
Law Section:: Town Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§81, 91 & 85, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A1345, S1368
2019-2020: A3424, S4665
2021-2022: A7131, S3964
2023-2024: A2922

2015-A4200B - Summary

Relates to town elections and permissive referendums.

2015-A4200B - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4200--B

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE, ABINANTI --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules
  -- Rules Committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended and recommitted to the Committee on Rules

AN  ACT to amend the town law, in relation to town elections and permis-
  sive referendums

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

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph and subdivision 4 of section 81 of
the town law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 434  of  the  laws  of
1984, is amended to read as follows:
  The  town  board may,  upon its own motion, CAUSE TO BE SUBMITTED AT A
GENERAL ELECTION, OR A SPECIAL OR BIENNIAL TOWN ELECTION and shall  upon
a petition, as hereinafter provided, cause to be submitted at [a special
or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election, UNLESS SUCH PETITION STATES
THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD a proposition:
  4.  Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated, in the manner
provided by the  election  law  for  the  authentication  of  nominating
petitions,  by electors of the town qualified to vote upon a proposition
to raise and expend money, in number equal to at least five  per  centum
of  the  total  votes cast for governor in said town at the last general
election held for the election of state officers, but such number  shall
not  be less than one hundred in a town of the first class nor less than
twenty-five in a town of the second class. If such a petition  be  filed
in  the  office  of  the town clerk [not less than sixty days, nor] more
than seventy-five days, prior to [a biennial town] THE GENERAL election,
the proposition shall be submitted at such [biennial] GENERAL  election.
If  a petition [be presented at any other time, a special election shall
be called to be held not less than sixty days, nor  more  than  seventy-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03432-04-5

A. 4200--B                          2

five  days  after the filing of such petition] IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF
THE TOWN CLERK LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT THE  GENERAL  ELECTION  IN  THE  FOLLOWING
YEAR.  IF  A  PETITION  STATES  THAT  A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON SUCH
PROPOSITION THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  NOT
LESS  THAN  SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING
OF SUCH PETITION.
  S 2. Section 91 of the town law, as amended by chapter 37 of the  laws
of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S  91.  Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town
board as set forth 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  town  or  district
affected,  voting  on  such proposition, if within thirty days after its
adoption there be filed with the  town  clerk  a  petition  signed,  and
acknowledged  or proved, or authenticated by electors of the town quali-
fied to vote upon a proposition to raise and  expend  money,  in  number
equal to at least five per centum of the total vote cast for governor in
said  town  at  the last general election held for the election of state
officers, but which shall not be less than one hundred in a town of  the
first  class  nor  less  than twenty-five in a town of the second class,
protesting against such act or resolution  and  requesting  that  it  be
submitted  to  the  qualified electors of the town or district affected,
for their approval or disapproval. If such petition be  so  filed  [not]
more than seventy-five days [nor less than sixty days] prior to [a bien-
nial  town] THE GENERAL election, a proposition for the approval of such
act or resolution shall be submitted at  such  [biennial  town]  GENERAL
election. If a petition be so filed [at any other time] LESS THAN SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION,  a proposition for the
approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at [a special town
election to be held not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five  days
after the filing of such petition] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.  IF  A  PETITION  STATES  THAT  A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON SUCH
PROPOSITION THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  NOT
LESS  THAN  SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING
OF SUCH PETITION.  The petition may be made upon separate sheets and the
signatures to each sheet shall be authenticated in the  manner  provided
by  the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. The
several sheets so signed and authenticated when  fastened  together  and
offered for filing shall be deemed to constitute one petition. If, with-
in  five  days  after  the  filing of such petition, a written objection
thereto be filed with the town clerk, and a  verified  petition  setting
forth  the  objections  be  presented  by  the  person  so  filing  such
objections to the supreme court or any justice thereof of  the  judicial
district  in  which  such  town is located, such court or justice within
twenty days shall determine any question  arising  thereunder  and  make
such  order  as  justice may require. Such proceeding shall be heard and
determined in the manner prescribed by section 16-116  of  the  election
law.
  S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the town law is amended to read as
follows:
  2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition
therefor at [any special or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election. At
the  first  biennial town election held at least one hundred twenty days
after the adoption of a proposition  to  abolish  the  ward  system  for
election of councilmen, the electors of the town shall elect one-half of

A. 4200--B                          3

the  total  number of town councilmen for the term of two years each and
one-half of the total number of town councilmen for  the  term  of  four
years  each.  At each biennial town election held thereafter there shall
be  elected one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the term
of four years each. The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on  the
first day of January next succeeding the date of their election.
  S  4.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the first day of January next
succeeding the date upon which it shall have become a law.

co-Sponsors

2015-A4200C (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:: S3293
Law Section:: Town Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§81, 91 & 85, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: A1345, S1368
2019-2020: A3424, S4665
2021-2022: A7131, S3964
2023-2024: A2922

2015-A4200C (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to town elections and permissive referendums.

2015-A4200C (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4200--C
                                                        Cal. No. 172

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 29, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, BUCHWALD, GALEF, JAFFEE, ABINANTI --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law  --  committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to  said  committee -- reported and referred to the Committee on Rules
  -- Rules Committee discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as
  amended  and  recommitted  to  the Committee on Rules -- advanced to a
  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  on
  the order of third reading

AN  ACT to amend the town law, in relation to town elections and permis-
  sive referendums

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

  Section  1.  The  opening paragraph and subdivision 4 of section 81 of
the town law, subdivision 4 as amended by chapter 434  of  the  laws  of
1984, is amended to read as follows:
  The  town  board may,  upon its own motion, CAUSE TO BE SUBMITTED AT A
GENERAL ELECTION, OR A SPECIAL OR BIENNIAL TOWN ELECTION and shall  upon
a petition, as hereinafter provided, cause to be submitted at [a special
or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election, UNLESS SUCH PETITION STATES
THAT A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD a proposition:
  4.  Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated, in the manner
provided by the  election  law  for  the  authentication  of  nominating
petitions,  by electors of the town qualified to vote upon a proposition
to raise and expend money, in number equal to at least five  per  centum
of  the  total  votes cast for governor in said town at the last general
election held for the election of state officers, but such number  shall
not  be less than one hundred in a town of the first class nor less than
twenty-five in a town of the second class. If such a petition  be  filed
in  the  office  of  the town clerk [not less than sixty days, nor] more
than seventy-five days, prior to [a biennial town] THE GENERAL election,
the proposition shall be submitted at such [biennial] GENERAL  election.

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

                                                           LBD03432-06-6

A. 4200--C                          2

If  a petition [be presented at any other time, a special election shall
be called to be held not less than sixty days, nor  more  than  seventy-
five  days  after the filing of such petition] IS FILED IN THE OFFICE OF
THE TOWN CLERK LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE GENERAL ELECTION
THEN  IT  SHALL  BE  SUBMITTED  AT THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR. IF A PETITION STATES THAT A  SPECIAL  ELECTION  BE  HELD  ON  SUCH
PROPOSITION  THEN  IT  SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL ELECTION HELD NOT
LESS THAN SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER  THE  FILING
OF SUCH PETITION. THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF A COUNTY MAY APPORTION COSTS
UNDER  THIS  SECTION, AS PROVIDED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION 4-136 OF
THE ELECTION LAW.
  S 2. Section 91 of the town law, as amended by chapter 37 of the  laws
of 2000, is amended to read as follows:
  S  91.  Referendum on petition. Any such resolution or act of the town
board as set forth 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  town  or  district
affected,  voting  on  such proposition, if within thirty days after its
adoption there be filed with the  town  clerk  a  petition  signed,  and
acknowledged  or proved, or authenticated by electors of the town quali-
fied to vote upon a proposition to raise and  expend  money,  in  number
equal to at least five per centum of the total vote cast for governor in
said  town  at  the last general election held for the election of state
officers, but which shall not be less than one hundred in a town of  the
first  class  nor  less  than twenty-five in a town of the second class,
protesting against such act or resolution  and  requesting  that  it  be
submitted  to  the  qualified electors of the town or district affected,
for their approval or disapproval. If such petition be  so  filed  [not]
more than seventy-five days [nor less than sixty days] prior to [a bien-
nial  town] THE GENERAL election, a proposition for the approval of such
act or resolution shall be submitted at  such  [biennial  town]  GENERAL
election. If a petition be so filed [at any other time] LESS THAN SEVEN-
TY-FIVE  DAYS  PRIOR  TO  THE  GENERAL  ELECTION,  a proposition for the
approval of such act or resolution shall be submitted at [a special town
election to be held not less than sixty nor more than seventy-five  days
after the filing of such petition] THE GENERAL ELECTION IN THE FOLLOWING
YEAR.  IF  A  PETITION  STATES  THAT  A SPECIAL ELECTION BE HELD ON SUCH
PROPOSITION THEN IT SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT A SPECIAL  ELECTION  HELD  NOT
LESS  THAN  SIXTY DAYS, NOR MORE THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING
OF SUCH PETITION.  The petition may be made upon separate sheets and the
signatures to each sheet shall be authenticated in the  manner  provided
by  the election law for the authentication of nominating petitions. The
several sheets so signed and authenticated when  fastened  together  and
offered for filing shall be deemed to constitute one petition. If, with-
in  five  days  after  the  filing of such petition, a written objection
thereto be filed with the town clerk, and a  verified  petition  setting
forth  the  objections  be  presented  by  the  person  so  filing  such
objections to the supreme court or any justice thereof of  the  judicial
district  in  which  such  town is located, such court or justice within
twenty days shall determine any question  arising  thereunder  and  make
such  order  as  justice may require. Such proceeding shall be heard and
determined in the manner prescribed by section 16-116  of  the  election
law.
  S 3. Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the town law is amended to read as
follows:

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  2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition
therefor at [any special or biennial town] THE NEXT GENERAL election. At
the  first  biennial town election held at least one hundred twenty days
after the adoption of a proposition  to  abolish  the  ward  system  for
election of councilmen, the electors of the town shall elect one-half of
the  total  number of town councilmen for the term of two years each and
one-half of the total number of town councilmen for  the  term  of  four
years  each.  At each biennial town election held thereafter there shall
be elected one-half of the total number of town councilmen for the  term
of  four years each. The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on the
first day of January next succeeding the date of their election.
  S 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.

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