Public Library District Toolkit: Strategies to Assure your Library’s Legal and Financial Stability
- Preface
- Introduction
- Good, Better, Best: An Introduction to Library Governance & Funding in New York State
- Getting on the Ballot
- Public Library Districts
- Getting Started
- Establishing the District
- Conclusion
- Appendices
- Libraries by Type
- Laws Governing Public Libraries in New York State
- Association Libraries and Trustee Elections
- Sample Legislation: Special and Consolidated District Public Libraries
- Election Responsibilities
- Home Rule Message for Special or Consolidated Library Districts
- Tax Exempt Status
- Public Library Investments
- NYS Property Tax Cap Answers to Frequently Asked Questions
- Lessons Learned: Advice from Libraries who have re-chartered
- Public Library District Questions and Answers
- Municipal Ballot Votes for Library Funding in New York State
- Public Library Service to the Smithtown Community: A Fact Sheet on Special Library District
- Frequently Asked Questions about Reed Memorial Public Library District (2013)
- Vestal Public Library School District Vote 2016
- Bloomfield Public Library Vote Frequently Asked Questions 2018
- Sample Petition Chapter 414
- Sample Special District Trustee Petition
- Helpful and Related Information
Sample Special District Trustee Petition
__________SPECIAL DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY PETITION FOR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATE
To: Clerk of the ________ Special District Public Library
We, the undersigned qualified voters of the ________Public Library Special District, _________, New York, residing at, do hereby nominate: ____________(Candidate’s name)___________________ of ______________ (Number and street address)_______________________, _______________________________, New York, as a candidate for the office of Trustee of the _________ Public Library at the special district election to be held on _________ to fill one (1) term, commencing _________and ending ________.
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NOTE: This petition for nomination of Library Trustee must be filed in the __________ Public Library, (insert address) not later than _____ p.m., (date) and must be signed by at least twenty five (25) qualified voters of the Special District, with addresses, based on Section 260 of the Education Law and (insert Chapter number and year of district enabling legislation, if applicable).
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