New York Laws
Part 1 - General Provisions
2113 - Filling Vacancy in Office of Trustee.

§ 2113. Filling vacancy in office of trustee. 1. A vacancy in the
office of trustee in any school district may be filled by election
within ninety days after it occurs. If not so filled, the district
superintendent of the supervisory district, within which the schoolhouse
or principal schoolhouse of the district is situated, may appoint a
competent person to fill it.

2. If a vacancy in the office of trustee in a union free school
district exists, the commissioner of education may order a special
election for filling such vacancy. When such special election is ordered
the vacancy shall not be filled otherwise.

3. If such vacancy is filled by a district meeting, it shall be for
the balance of the unexpired term; but when such vacancy is filled by
appointment by a district superintendent, it shall be only until the
next annual meeting of the district.

4. A vacancy in the office of trustee in union free school district
number one of the town of Tonawanda, Erie county, shall be filled by
appointment by the remaining members of the board to serve until the
next annual election at which the vacancy may be filled.

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