New York Laws
Part 1 - General Provisions
2110 - Penalty for Refusal to Serve or Perform Duty.

§ 2110. Penalty for refusal to serve or perform duty. 1. Every person
elected or appointed to a school district office and being duly
qualified to fill the same who shall refuse to serve therein shall
forfeit the sum of five dollars.

2. Every person elected or appointed to a school district office and
not refusing to accept the same who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to
perform any duty thereof shall by such neglect or refusal vacate his
office and also forfeit the sum of ten dollars.

3. The district superintendent of the supervisory district wherein any
such person resides may accept his written resignation of the office,
and the filing of such resignation and acceptance in the office of the
district clerk shall be a bar to the recovery of either penalty under
this section.

4. These penalties shall be for the benefit of the district for which
such officer was appointed or elected.