New York A 10817: Removes post-retirement earnings restrictions for New York city department of corrections uniformed personnel

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A10817 Summary:

BILL NOA10817 

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SPONSORJensen

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Amd §§174 & 175, rpld §§175-a & 175-b, §176 sub 8, add §§175-a & 175-b, Town L

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Requires fire district elections occur on the same day as school board elections and requires that such voting day follows similar procedures to early voting; requires such election be overseen by the local county board of elections.

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04/01/2026referred to local governments

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10817

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 1, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to requiring fire district
 elections occur on the same day as school board elections and requires
 such elections be run by the county board of elections; and to repeal
 certain provisions of such law relating thereto

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 174 of the town law, as amended by
 2 chapter 401 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. The first election of fire district officers shall be held on the
 4 [second] third Tuesday in [December] May next succeeding the establish-
 5 ment or consolidation of such fire district; provided, however, that if
 6 such district be established at a time subsequent to the first day of
 7 October in any year, the first election of fire district officers shall
 8 be held on the [second] third Tuesday in the month of [December] May of
 9 the next succeeding calendar year. At the first annual election of fire
 10 district officers, five district commissioners shall be elected and a
 11 treasurer. Every registered fire district voter shall be entitled to
 12 cast one vote for each vacant position on a board of fire commissioners
 13 to be filled in the first annual election of fire district officers. The
 14 person receiving the greatest number of votes for the office of fire
 15 commissioner shall be elected for a term of five years; the person
 16 receiving the second highest number of votes shall be elected for a term
 17 of four years; the person receiving the third highest number of votes
 18 shall be elected for a term of three years; the person receiving the
 19 fourth highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two years
 20 and the person receiving the fifth highest number of votes shall be
 21 elected for a term of one year. In the event that two persons shall
 22 receive the same number of votes the terms of office shall be decided by
 23 lot. At each subsequent election of fire district officers a commission-
 24 er shall be elected for the full term of five years. In the event that
 25 two or more persons receive the same number of votes thereat, a special
 26 election between the tying parties receiving the highest number of votes

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14426-02-6

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 1 to fill the vacancy shall be held within forty-five days after such
 2 election. The fire district treasurer shall be elected for a term of
 3 three years. The fire district secretary shall be appointed by the fire
 4 district commissioners and shall serve for a period of one year. The
 5 fire district secretary in office at the time such election is held
 6 shall immediately notify the officers elected of their election and that
 7 an organization meeting will be held on the day specified in said
 8 notice, which shall not be later than the fifteenth day of January next
 9 ensuing. At such organization meeting, the treasurer shall preside until
 10 such time as a chairperson of the board of fire commissioners shall be
 11 chosen, but such treasurer shall not be entitled to a vote at such meet-
 12 ing. Further, such election shall be handled by the county board of
 13 elections.
 14 § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 175 of the town