Senate Bill S4483

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee

  • 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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2025-S4483 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-312, Vil L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9238

2025-S4483 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the filling of vacancies for elective offices in villages with November elections; provides such vacancies shall be filled in accordance with subdivision one of section forty-two of the public officers law.

2025-S4483 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4483
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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  filling  vacancies  in
   elective offices in villages with November elections
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph b of  subdivision  3  of  section  3-312  of  the
 village  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new  subparagraph 3 to read as
 follows:
   (3) WHENEVER A VILLAGE, PURSUANT TO SECTION  15-104  OF  THE  ELECTION
 LAW,  HAS  PROVIDED THAT VILLAGE ELECTIONS SHALL OCCUR ON THE DAY OF THE
 GENERAL ELECTION SUCH VACANCY SHALL BE FILLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH  SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION FORTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08430-01-5

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