New York A 507: Relates to Eastchester fire district elections

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A00507 Summary:

BILL NOA00507 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORPaulin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd Chap 345 of 2013

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Relates to Eastchester fire district elections; follows provisions of election law instead of town law for elections.

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BILL NOA00507 

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01/08/2025referred to local governments

01/07/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 507

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 (Prefiled)

 January 8, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing
 the Eastchester fire district, in the town of Eastchester, county of
 Westchester, to change the date of its annual election, in relation to
 following certain provisions of the election law for Eastchester fire
 district elections

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Chapter 345 of the laws of 2013 relating to authorizing the
 2 Eastchester fire district, in the town of Eastchester, county of West-
 3 chester, to change the date of its annual election, is amended to read
 4 as follows:
 5 Section 1. [Notwithstanding the provision of subdivision one of
 6 section 175 of the town law generally requiring holding annual fire
 7 district elections on the second Tuesday in December, and notwithstand-
 8 ing the provision of subdivision 6 of section 175 of the town law
 9 related to the number of electors in each fire district election
 10 district: the Eastchester fire district, in the town of Eastchester,
 11 county of Westchester, whose boundaries only encompass the entire corpo-
 12 rate limits of the town of Eastchester and each village within such town
 13 and where the only eligible electors of such fire district are also
 14 eligible electors of such town and villages, shall hold its annual
 15 election on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November
 16 provided that (i) such fire district election is held at every polling
 17 site as may be established by the Westchester county board of elections;
 18 (ii) such fire district election districts are the same as the election
 19 districts as may be established by the Westchester county board of
 20 elections, such that an elector shall not be required to visit more than
 21 one polling site on such date; (iii) such fire district polls remain

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02385-01-5

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 1 open for the same hours as the polls administered by the Westchester
 2 county board of elections; (iv) both of the Westchester county board of
 3 elections commissioners approve in writing of such fire district
 4 elections being held in the same locations as the elections held on the
 5 Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday in November administered by
 6 such board of elections; and (v) the Eastchester fire district adheres
 7 to the provisions of section 175 of the town law that are not inconsist-
 8 ent with this act.] Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions 1, 2,
 9 4, 5 and 6 of section 175, sections 175-a, 175-b, and subdivisions 3, 6,
 10 7, 8 and 29 of section 176 of the town law pertaining to the annual fire
 11 district elections, the elections of the Eastchester fire district, in
 12 the town of Eastchester, county of Westchester, whose boundaries only
 13 encompass the entire corporate limits of the town of Eastchester and
 14 each village within such town and where the only eligible electors of
 15 such fire district are also eligible electors of such town shall be
 16 governed by the rules and procedures of articles 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
 17 and 10 of the election law and shall take place on the Tuesday next
 18 succeeding the first Monday in November.
 19 § 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 179 of the town law
 20 authorizing fire districts to hold special elections to vote upon appro-
 21 priations, or any other law