Senate Bill S1658A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the location of the annual school district elections

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-S1658 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6253
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2002, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11074
2021-2022: S1626, A5067
2023-2024: S1160, A1390

2019-S1658 - Summary

Provides that school districts may hold elections in any building owned or leased by the district, in addition to any district schoolhouse.

2019-S1658 - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1658 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1658
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  location  of  the
   annual school district elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2002 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
 801 of the laws of 1953, subdivision 1 as amended by section 5 of part C
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2002. Time  and place of annual meeting. [1.] The annual meeting and
 election of each school district shall be held on the third  Tuesday  of
 May  in  each  year,  provided,  however  that  such  annual meeting and
 election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the  commissioner
 at  the  request  of  a local school board certifies no later than March
 first that such election  would  conflict  with  religious  observances.
 Unless  the  hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a
 previous district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse, OR
 ANY BUILDING OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT, at  seven-thirty  [o'clock
 in  the  evening]  P.M.  in  the  case  of a school district that is not
 divided into election districts and conducts its  election  or  vote  by
 recording the ayes or noes of the qualified voters attending, or, in the
 case of all other districts, during at least six consecutive hours after
 six  a.m.,  two  of which hours shall be after six p.m. as determined by
 resolution of the trustees or board  of  education,  provided,  however,
 that  the  trustees  or  board  of education of any school district that
 conducted its annual meeting at seven-thirty p.m.  in  nineteen  hundred
 ninety-seven  may  conduct  its  annual election and budget vote at such
 time in nineteen hundred ninety-eight. If a district possesses more than
 one schoolhouse OR BUILDING, OR LEASES MORE THAN ONE BUILDING, it  shall
 be  held  in the one usually employed for that purpose, unless the trus-
 tees or board of education  designate  another,  provided  that  if  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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2019-S1658A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6253
Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2002, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A11074
2021-2022: S1626, A5067
2023-2024: S1160, A1390

2019-S1658A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that school districts may hold elections in any building owned or leased by the district, in addition to any district schoolhouse.

2019-S1658A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S1658A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  1658--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 15, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SKOUFIS, BOYLE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to  the  Committee  on  Education  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to the  location  of  the
   annual school district elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2002 of the education law, as  amended  by  chapter
 801 of the laws of 1953, subdivision 1 as amended by section 5 of part C
 of chapter 58 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2002. Time  and  place  of annual meeting. 1. The annual meeting and
 election of each school district shall be held on the third  Tuesday  of
 May  in  each  year,  provided,  however  that  such  annual meeting and
 election shall be held on the second Tuesday in May if the  commissioner
 at  the  request  of  a local school board certifies no later than March
 first that such election  would  conflict  with  religious  observances.
 Unless  the  hour and place thereof shall have been fixed by a vote of a
 previous district meeting, the same shall be held in the schoolhouse, OR
 ANY BUILDING OWNED OR LEASED BY THE DISTRICT, at  seven-thirty  [o'clock
 in  the  evening]  P.M.  in  the  case  of a school district that is not
 divided into election districts and conducts its  election  or  vote  by
 recording the ayes or noes of the qualified voters attending, or, in the
 case of all other districts, during at least six consecutive hours after
 six  a.m.,  two  of which hours shall be after six p.m. as determined by
 resolution of the trustees or board  of  education,  provided,  however,
 that  the  trustees  or  board  of education of any school district that
 conducted its annual meeting at seven-thirty p.m.  in  nineteen  hundred
 ninety-seven  may  conduct  its  annual election and budget vote at such
 time in nineteen hundred ninety-eight. If a district possesses more than
 one schoolhouse OR BUILDING, OR LEASES MORE THAN ONE BUILDING, it  shall
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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