§ 2004 — Notice of annual meeting in union free school district

§ 2004. Notice of annual meeting in union free school district. 1. The\nclerk of each union free school district shall give notice of the\navailability of the statement of expenditures pursuant to the provisions\nof section seventeen hundred sixteen of this chapter and shall also give\nnotice of the time and place of the annual meeting and the notice\nrequired by section seventeen hundred sixteen of this chapter by\npublishing a notice four times within the seven weeks next preceding\nsuch district meeting, the first publication to be at least forty-five\ndays before said meeting, in two newspapers if there shall be two, or in\none newspaper if there shall be but one, having general circulation\nwithin such district. But if no newspaper shall then have general\ncirculation therein, the said notice shall be posted in at least twenty\nof the most public places in said district forty-five days before the\ntime of such meeting.\n 2. Such notice shall also state that petitions nominating candidates\nfor the office of member of the board of education must be filed in the\noffice of the clerk of the district between the hours of nine a.m. and\nfive p.m., not later than the thirtieth day preceding the school meeting\nor election at which the candidates so nominated are to be elected.\n 5. If the district has personal registration of voters pursuant to\nsection two thousand fourteen of this chapter, and has not been divided\ninto election districts pursuant to section two thousand seventeen of\nthis chapter, such notice shall also state:\n a. the place and hour or hours at which the board of registration\nshall meet to prepare the register of the school district and any person\nshall be entitled to have his name placed upon such register, provided\nthat at such meeting of the board of registration, he is known or proven\nto the satisfaction of such board of registration, to be then or\nthereafter entitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which\nsuch register is prepared,\n b. that the register prepared pursuant to section two thousand\nfourteen of this chapter will be filed in the office of the clerk of the\ndistrict; that such register will be open for inspection by any\nqualified voter of the district and the hours during which such register\nwill be open for inspection on each of the five days prior to and the\nday set for the meeting or election, except Sundays.\n 6. If the district has been divided into election districts pursuant\nto section two thousand seventeen of this chapter, such notice shall\nalso state:\n a. the place and hour or hours in each election district at which the\nmembers of the board of registration shall meet to prepare the register\nof the school district for each election district and any person shall\nbe entitled to have his name placed upon such register, provided that at\nsuch meeting of the members of the board of registration he is known or\nproven to the satisfaction of such members to be then or thereafter\nentitled to vote at the school meeting or election for which such\nregister is prepared,\n b. the place in each election district where the meeting or election\nshall be held,\n c. that the register prepared pursuant to section two thousand\nfourteen of this chapter will be filed in the office of the clerk of the\ndistrict; that such register will be open for inspection by any\nqualified voter of the district and the hours during which such register\nwill be open for inspection on each of the five days prior to and the\nday set for the meeting or election, except Sundays,\n d. if the district is divided into election districts and voting\nmachines are used, that a statement of estimated expenses for the\nensuing year will be completed and copies made available at each\nschoolhouse in the district in which school is maintained during certain\ndesignated hours on each day other than a Saturday, Sunday or holiday\nduring the fourteen days immediately preceding such meeting, together\nwith the text of any resolution which will be presented to the voters.\n 7. Such notice shall also state that applications for early mail and\nabsentee ballots for election of board members may be applied for at the\noffice of the clerk of the district. Such notice, in such case, shall\nfurther state that a list of all persons to whom early mail and absentee\nballots shall have been issued, will be available in the said office of\nthe clerk on each of the five days prior to the day of the election\nexcept Sundays, and that such list will also be posted at the polling\nplace or places at the election of members of the board of education.\n 8. Such notice and all other notices and reports required to be\npublished in newspapers under the provisions of this chapter shall be\nprinted at the rates and for the fees prescribed in section fifteen\nhundred fifty-one of the civil practice act. In the event that the\npublishers of one or both of the newspapers having general circulation\nin such district shall refuse to print and publish the notices or\nreports at the rates and for the fees so prescribed, publication in such\nnewspaper or newspapers so refusing may be omitted, in which case the\nnotices or reports shall be posted as required by this section in lieu\nof such publication.\n