N.Y. Education Law § 1602: Number of trustees; determination of change

§ 1602. Number of trustees; determination of change. 1. At the first

annual meeting next after the erection of a common school district the

electors shall determine, by resolution, whether the district shall have

one or three trustees; and if they resolve to have three trustees, shall

elect the three for one, two and three years, respectively, and shall

designate by their votes for which term each is elected; thereafter in

such district, one trustee shall be elected for three years at each

annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee; and if they

resolve to have one trustee, shall elect the trustee for a one-year

term; thereafter in such district a trustee shall be elected for one

year at each annual meeting to fill the office of the outgoing trustee.

2. The electors of any common school district having three trustees

shall have power to decide at any annual meeting by a majority vote of

those present and voting, whether the district shall have a sole trustee

or three trustees. If they resolve to have a sole trustee, the trustees

in office shall continue in office until their terms of office shall

expire. No election of a trustee shall be had in the district until the

offices of such trustees shall become vacant by the expiration of their

terms of office or otherwise, and thereafter but one trustee shall be

elected for said district.

3. The electors of a common school district having but one trustee may

determine at an annual meeting, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters

present and voting thereat, to have three trustees; and upon the

adoption of a resolution to that effect, shall proceed to elect three

trustees or such number as may be necessary to form a board of three

trustees, in the same manner as provided in this section for the

election of three trustees at the first annual meeting after the

erection of a district; and thereafter in such district, one trustee

shall be elected for three years, at each annual meeting, to fill the

office of the outgoing trustee.