N.Y. Education Law § 2130: Clerk, treasurer and collector in union free school district

§ 2130. Clerk, treasurer and collector in union free school district.

1. In every union free school district the board of education shall

have the power to appoint one of their number, or some other individual

as clerk of the board of education of such district.

2. Such clerk shall also act as clerk of said district, and shall

perform all the clerical and other duties pertaining to his office, and

for his services he shall be entitled to receive such compensation as

shall be fixed at an annual meeting of such district.

3. In case no provision is made at an annual meeting for the

compensation of a clerk, the board of education may fix the same.

4. The board of education in every union free school district whose

limits do not correspond with those of an incorporated village or city

shall appoint a district treasurer, and a collector who shall hold

office during the pleasure of the board. The board shall also fix the

compensation of the treasurer. The board of education of such district

may also fix the compensation of the collector, which shall be in lieu

of all fees to which a school district collector might be entitled,

under the provisions of this chapter. The treasurer, collector, village

receiver or village collector and town official who acts as school

collector, shall deposit and secure all sums of money received and

collected by them in the manner provided by section ten of the general

municipal law.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section ten of the general municipal

law, the board of education of the Fishers Island union free school

district in the town of Southold, Suffolk county may designate a

depositary located in the state of Connecticut. The board may require a

report by the cashier of the depositaries to be submitted at any regular

meeting of the board of the amount of deposit to the credit of the

treasurer.

5. Such treasurer and collector shall each, and within ten days after

notice in writing of his appointment, duly served upon him, and before

entering upon the duties of his office, execute and deliver to the said

board of education an official undertaking, with such sufficient penalty

and corporate surety as the board may require, conditioned for the

faithful discharge of the duties of his office; and in case such

official undertaking shall not be given within the time specified, such

office shall thereby become vacant, and said board shall thereupon, by

appointment, fill such vacancy. In districts under the jurisdiction of a

district superintendent of schools, such official undertakings shall

also be approved by him. They shall be filed in the office of the clerk

of the district. The expense of any undertaking executed pursuant to

this section shall be a school district charge.

6. So much of this section as relates to the election of a clerk shall

not apply to the towns of Cortlandt and White Plains in Westchester

county.

7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board of education

of the Bronxville Union Free School District shall appoint a district

treasurer who shall hold office during the pleasure of the board. The

board shall also fix the compensation of the treasurer. The treasurer

shall deposit and secure all sums of money received and collected by him

or her in the manner provided by section ten of the general municipal

law.