N.Y. Town Law Section 175-C
Notice of hearings and elections

1.

In addition to any other notice or posting requirement, every fire district secretary shall cause a notice of any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the fire district website, if one exists. Such notice shall be posted for at least fifteen days prior to such hearing or election and shall not be posted any sooner than twenty days before such hearing or election. If the fire district maintains a sign board, a copy of such notice shall also be posted on the sign board.

2.

Every fire district secretary shall provide, in a timely manner, a notice of any upcoming hearing or election to be posted on the municipal website of any town located within the geographic boundaries of the district, or any town or fire district with which the district contracts. Such posting shall only be required if such a website exists. Such notice shall be posted for at least fifteen days prior to such hearing or election and shall not be posted any sooner than twenty days before such hearing or election. In addition, the town clerk shall post or cause to be posted on the bulletin board in his or her office a copy of such notice and on the sign board maintained by him or her pursuant to subdivision six of § 30 (Powers and duties of town clerk)section thirty of this chapter. The town clerk shall cooperate with the fire district to ensure the timely notification of the upcoming hearing or election.

3.

The notice required by this section shall specify the time when and the place where such hearing or election will be held, and, with respect to elections, the officers to be elected, their terms of office, and details regarding other matters to be voted on, as well as the hours during which the polls will be open for the receipt of ballots.

Source: Section 175-C — Notice of hearings and elections, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/TWN/175-C (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

170
Establishment and extension of fire, fire alarm and fire protection districts 171
Petition and hearing 172‑A
Alteration of boundaries of fire districts 172‑C
Alteration of boundaries of fire protection district 172‑E
Change of name of fire district 172‑F
Resolution and hearing for diminution of fire district boundaries 172‑G
Filing of determination 173
Filing of determination 174
Fire district officers 175
Election of fire district officers 175‑A
Registration for voters 175‑B
Absentee ballots for fire district elections 175‑C
Notice of hearings and elections 176
Powers and duties of fire district commissioners 176‑A
Duties of chief and assistant chiefs of fire department of fire district 176‑B
Volunteer members of fire district fire companies 176‑C
Removal of fire commissioners 176‑D
Funding of fire districts 176‑E
Training requirements for fire commissioners 177
Powers and duties of fire district treasurer 177‑B
Powers and duties of deputy fire district treasurers 177‑C
Powers and duties of the director of purchasing 178
Powers and duties of fire district secretary 178‑A
Expenses incurred in attending town and county officers training school 178‑B
Expenses of the association of fire districts of the state of New York 178‑C
Expenses of fire district officers, officials and employees 178‑D
Costs, expenses and damages a fire district charge in certain cases 179
Special district elections to vote upon appropriations 180
Actions and proceedings against fire districts 181
Annual budget and levy of taxes 181‑A
Budgetary controls 181‑B
Independent audit of fire districts 182
Effect of incorporation of village or city including lands within a fire district 183
Fire alarm districts 184
Fire protection districts 184‑A
Contract for water supply outside of fire districts 184‑C
Water supply outside of fire districts 186
Savings clause 187
Exclusion of a fire district from a water supply district 188
Use of surplus town moneys for purchase of fire apparatus for use in town fire districts 189
Fire inspection of property in contract areas
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Accessed:
May 4, 2024

Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 175-C’s source at nysenate​.gov

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