1611 – Penalty for Failure of Trustee to Account.
§ 1611. Penalty for failure of trustee to account. By a wilful neglect or refusal to render such account, a trustee forfeits any unexpired term of his office, and becomes liable to the trustees for any district moneys in his hands.
1612 – Payment by Trustee to Successor.
§ 1612. Payment by trustee to successor. An outgoing trustee shall forthwith pay, to his successor or any other trustees of the district in office, all moneys in his hands belonging to the district.
1604 – Powers and Duties of Trustees.
§ 1604. Powers and duties of trustees. It shall be the duty of the trustees of a common school district, and they shall have the power: 1. To call special meetings of the inhabitants of such district whenever they shall deem it necessary and proper. 2. To give notice of special, annual and adjourned meetings […]
1604-A – Temporary Investment of School Moneys.
§ 1604-a. Temporary investment of school moneys. The board of trustees of any common school district may authorize the district treasurer or other officer having custody of district moneys to invest moneys of the district in the manner provided by section eleven of the general municipal law.
1605 – Powers and Duties of a Sole Trustee.
§ 1605. Powers and duties of a sole trustee. The sole trustee of a common school district shall possess all the powers and be subject to all the duties, liabilities and penalties which the law imposes upon a board of three trustees.
1606 – Mode of Exercise of Trustees’ Powers.
§ 1606. Mode of exercise of trustees’ powers. 1. The powers committed by law to the trustees of a common school district must be exercised by them as a board. The board must meet for the transaction of business in accordance with notice of time and place. 2. In a board composed of three trustees, […]
1601 – Trustees Constitute a Board and Body Corporate.
§ 1601. Trustees constitute a board and body corporate. The sole trustee or the trustees of a common school district shall constitute a board for such district and such board is hereby created a body corporate.
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 […]
1603 – Property Held by Trustees as Corporation.
§ 1603. Property held by trustees as corporation. All property which is now vested in, or shall hereafter be transferred to the trustees of a common school district, for the use of schools in the district, shall be held by them as a corporation.