STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6849 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Education AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to providing that elections to fill an increased number of seats on a school board will be conducted at the annual meeting after the number of seats was increased The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1703 of the education law, as 2 amended by chapter 797 of the laws of 1957, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 3. The additional members first elected shall be elected at [a special 5 meeting which shall be called by the board and be held not less than 6 thirty nor more than sixty days] the annual meeting next following the 7 annual meeting at which the number was increased, and pending the first 8 election of such additional members no vacancy shall be deemed to exist 9 in the offices thereof except for the purpose of filling the same by 10 election, notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any law. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10711-01-3