UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) March 15, 2010

State Bancorp, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

New York	001-14783	11-2846511
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

Two Jericho Plaza

Jericho, NY 11753

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (516) 465-2200

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ITEM 5.02      DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS

On March 15, 2010, K. Thomas Liaw, a director of State Bancorp, Inc. (the “Company”), informed the Board that, due to growing personal and business commitments requiring extensive international travel that prospectively prohibit him from devoting the time necessary to effectively serve on the Board, he will not stand for re-election as a director at the expiration of his term at the Company’s 2010 annual meeting of stockholders.  Therefore, Dr. Liaw’s service on the Board of the Company and State Bank of Long Island, the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, will terminate concurrent with the 2010 annual meeting of stockholders.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: March 16, 2010	State Bancorp, Inc.
	By:	/s/ Brian K. Finneran
		Brian K. Finneran Chief Financial Officer