Source: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/a9969/amendment/a
Timestamp: 2019-08-21 16:30:15
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§  2', '§  3', '§ 4', '§ 5', '§ 6', '§ 7', '§ 2', '§ 3']

NY State Assembly Bill A9969A
assembly Bill A9969A
Relates to elections and elective officers of new towns
Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7861 - Signed by Governor
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Jul 01, 2018 signed chap.104
substituted for a9969a
Jun 14, 2018 substituted by s7861a
rules report cal.228
Apr 13, 2018 print number 9969a
Apr 13, 2018 amend (t) and recommit to local governments
Mar 02, 2018 referred to local governments
S7861A
AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to ensuring that  certain
school districts are eligible for incentive building aid; and relating
to new towns
Section 1.  1. The provisions of this act shall apply to any new  town
created pursuant to the division of a town into two or more towns pursu-
ant to article 5 of the town law as adopted by the qualified electors at
a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
2.  For  the  purposes  of  this  act "new town" shall refer to a town
created pursuant to the division of any existing town by  a  proposition
adopted at a biennial town election held November 7, 2017.
§  2. 1. Notwithstanding section 80 and subdivision 2 of section 74 of
the town law, the election of town officers for the new  town  shall  be
held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November 2018.
2.  Notwithstanding  section 24 of the town law, all elective officers
other than town councilmen, town justices and the receiver of taxes  and
assessments shall hold their respective offices for 1 year. The terms of
office of town councilmen shall be 1 year each for 2 town councilmen and
3  years  each for 2 town councilmen. The term of office of the receiver
of taxes and assessments shall be 3 years. The term of each town officer
elected to office in November 2018 shall commence January 1, 2019.   The
terms  of  town officers elected for a 1 year term shall expire December
31, 2019 and the terms of officers elected  for  a  3  year  term  shall
expire December 31, 2021, unless otherwise provided for in law.
§  3.  Notwithstanding  section  80 of the town law, the election held
pursuant to section two of this act shall be deemed the  first  biennial
town election for the new town, for the purposes of:
1.  the  effective  date  for the purposes of exercise of governmental
functions pursuant to subdivision 2 of section 74 of the town law;
2. the disposition of property pursuant to section 75 of the town law;
3. the apportionment of debts pursuant to section 76 of the town law;
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4. the meetings of town boards pursuant to section 77 of the town law;
5.  the right of action upon failure of towns to agree upon the dispo-
sition of assets and debts pursuant to section 78 of the town law.
§ 4. Pursuant to subdivision 1 of section three of this act and subdi-
vision 2 of section 74 of the town law, the new town shall be  effective
for  the  purposes  of the exercise of governmental functions January 1,
§ 5. By January 31, 2019, the town board of the new town shall meet to
adopt a final budget for the new town's fiscal year 2019 with  the  same
force and effect as though prepared and adopted pursuant to article 8 of
the  town law. Such budget shall be adopted in accordance with article 8
of town law to the extent practicable,  provided,  however,  the  budget
adopted  by  the new town shall be in the form and contain such informa-
tion as required by section 107 of the town law, and, provided  further,
the  new town shall not be required to hold a public hearing as required
in section 108 of the town law.
§ 6. 1. Biennial town elections to be held after January  1,  2019  in
the  new  town shall be held every odd-numbered year pursuant to section
80 of the town law.
2. The terms of office for elective officers of the new  town  elected
after January 1, 2019 shall be as provided for pursuant to section 24 of
the town law.
3. In the event that the entire territory of the new town shall become
coterminous  with  a  village  and a proposition submitted to the voters
pursuant to article 17 of the village law has resulted in favor  of  the
local government operating principally as a village, provisions of arti-
cle  17  of  the village law shall supersede subdivisions one and two of
§ 7. Paragraph c of subdivision 14 of section 3602  of  the  education
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 3 to read as follows:
(3)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH,  A  SCHOOL
DISTRICT SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVE BUILDING AID PURSUANT  TO  THIS
SUBDIVISION  IF  AFTER AUGUST FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN, THE BOUNDA-
RIES OF SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT CHANGE SO AS TO RESULT IN  A  NET  LOSS  OF
TAXABLE PROPERTY AND A CORRESPONDING ANNUAL LOSS IN PROPERTY TAX REVENUE
THAT  EXCEEDS  FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THE BOUNDARY ALTERATION TO SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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9969--A
Introduced  by  M.  of A. SKOUFIS, BRABENEC -- read once and referred to
AN ACT in relation to the formation of and elections in new towns
Section  1.  1. The provisions of this act shall apply to any new town
2. For the purposes of this act "new  town"  shall  refer  to  a  town
created  pursuant  to the division of any existing town by a proposition
§ 2. 1. Notwithstanding section 80 and subdivision 2 of section 74  of
the  town  law,  the election of town officers for the new town shall be
2. Notwithstanding section 24 of the town law, all  elective  officers
other  than town councilmen, town justices and the receiver of taxes and
3 years each for 2 town councilmen. The term of office of  the  receiver
elected  to office in November 2018 shall commence January 1, 2019.  The
terms of town officers elected for a 1 year term shall  expire  December
31,  2019  and  the  terms  of  officers elected for a 3 year term shall
§ 3. Notwithstanding section 80 of the town  law,  the  election  held
pursuant  to  section two of this act shall be deemed the first biennial
1. the effective date for the purposes  of  exercise  of  governmental
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