A 8496: Changes the number of members of the board of trustees of the Mamaroneck public library district from eleven to no less than five and no more than fifteen.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8496 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 20, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Libraries and Education Technology AN ACT to amend chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a library district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county, in relation to the number of members of the board of trustees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph c of subdivision 1 of section 2 of chapter 658 of 2 the laws of 1991 establishing a library district in the village of 3 Mamaroneck, Westchester county is amended to read as follows: 4 c. The election of [eleven] nine trustees as hereinafter provided. 5 § 2. Section 3 of chapter 658 of the laws of 1991 establishing a 6 library district in the village of Mamaroneck, Westchester county is 7 amended to read as follows: 8 § 3. Organization and structure. The Mamaroneck public library 9 district shall be managed, operated and controlled by a board of trus- 10 tees consisting of [eleven] nine members. These trustees shall at the 11 first regular meeting of the board determine by lot the year in which 12 each of their terms of office expire, and the terms shall expire as 13 follows: after one year- three trustees; after two years- four trus- 14 tees; after three years- four trustees. As vacancies occur, trustees 15 shall be elected at the annual election herein provided for to serve for 16 three year terms by the voters of the library district hereby created, 17 with each such trustee eligible to serve for a maximum of three consec- 18 utive terms. Each term shall commence on the first day of June next 19 following the election. Only qualified voters of the district shall be 20 eligible for election to the board of trustees. The board of trustees at 21 its first meeting each year shall elect or appoint a president and vice- 22 president who shall be members of the board and clerk, treasurer and 23 other such officers as they deem necessary. If the board so determines, 24 the offices of clerk and treasurer may be held by individuals who are EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10882-01-5 
 A. 8496 2 1 not members of the board of trustees and, in that event, such officers 2 may, if the board so determines, receive compensation as fixed by resol- 3 ution of the board. 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.