NY Educ L § 2004 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 2 - School District Organization Article 41 - District Meetings Part 1 - General Provisions 2004 - Notice of Annual Meeting in Union Free School District.

§ 2004. Notice  of  annual  meeting in union free school district.  1.   The clerk of each union free school district shall give  notice  of  the   availability of the statement of expenditures pursuant to the provisions   of section seventeen hundred sixteen of this chapter and shall also give   notice  of  the  time  and  place  of  the annual meeting and the notice   required by  section  seventeen  hundred  sixteen  of  this  chapter  by   publishing  a  notice  four  times within the seven weeks next preceding   such district meeting, the first publication to be at  least  forty-five   days before said meeting, in two newspapers if there shall be two, or in   one  newspaper  if  there  shall  be but one, having general circulation   within such district. But  if  no  newspaper  shall  then  have  general   circulation  therein, the said notice shall be posted in at least twenty   of the most public places in said district forty-five  days  before  the   time of such meeting.2.  Such  notice shall also state that petitions nominating candidates   for the office of member of the board of education must be filed in  the   office  of  the clerk of the district between the hours of nine a.m. and   five p.m., not later than the thirtieth day preceding the school meeting   or election at which the candidates so nominated are to be elected.5. If the district has personal registration  of  voters  pursuant  to   section  two thousand fourteen of this chapter, and has not been divided   into election districts pursuant to section two  thousand  seventeen  of   this chapter, such notice shall also state:a.  the  place  and  hour  or hours at which the board of registration   shall meet to prepare the register of the school district and any person   shall be entitled to have his name placed upon such  register,  provided   that at such meeting of the board of registration, he is known or proven   to  the  satisfaction  of  such  board  of  registration,  to be then or   thereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for  which   such register is prepared,b.  that  the  register  prepared  pursuant  to  section  two thousand   fourteen of this chapter will be filed in the office of the clerk of the   district; that  such  register  will  be  open  for  inspection  by  any   qualified voter of the district and the hours during which such register   will  be  open  for inspection on each of the five days prior to and the   day set for the meeting or election, except Sundays.6. If the district has been divided into election  districts  pursuant   to  section  two  thousand  seventeen of this chapter, such notice shall   also state:a. the place and hour or hours in each election district at which  the   members  of the board of registration shall meet to prepare the register   of the school district for each election district and any  person  shall   be entitled to have his name placed upon such register, provided that at   such  meeting of the members of the board of registration he is known or   proven to the satisfaction of such members  to  be  then  or  thereafter   entitled  to  vote  at  the  school  meeting  or election for which such   register is prepared,b. the place in each election district where the meeting  or  election   shall be held,c.  that  the  register  prepared  pursuant  to  section  two thousand   fourteen of this chapter will be filed in the office of the clerk of the   district; that  such  register  will  be  open  for  inspection  by  any   qualified voter of the district and the hours during which such register   will  be  open  for inspection on each of the five days prior to and the   day set for the meeting or election, except Sundays,d. if the district is  divided  into  election  districts  and  voting   machines  are  used,  that  a  statement  of  estimated expenses for the   ensuing year will  be  completed  and  copies  made  available  at  each    schoolhouse in the district in which school is maintained during certain   designated  hours  on  each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday   during the fourteen days immediately preceding  such  meeting,  together   with the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters.7. Such notice shall also state that applications for absentee ballots   for  election  of  board members may be applied for at the office of the   clerk of the district. Such notice, in such case,  shall  further  state   that  a  list  of  all  persons to whom absentee ballots shall have been   issued, will be available in the said office of the clerk on each of the   five days prior to the day of the election except Sundays, and that such   list will also be posted at the polling place or places at the  election   of members of the board of education.8.  Such  notice  and  all  other  notices  and reports required to be   published in newspapers under the provisions of this  chapter  shall  be   printed  at  the  rates  and  for the fees prescribed in section fifteen   hundred fifty-one of the civil practice  act.  In  the  event  that  the   publishers  of  one or both of the newspapers having general circulation   in such district shall refuse  to  print  and  publish  the  notices  or   reports at the rates and for the fees so prescribed, publication in such   newspaper  or  newspapers  so refusing may be omitted, in which case the   notices or reports shall be posted as required by this section  in  lieu   of such publication.