Bill Text: NY A07038 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Buchanan, county of Westchester to live within Westchester county or an adjoining county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-16 - signed chap.252 [A07038 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A07038-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7038--A 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY April 21, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation to authorizing building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforce- ment officers of the village of Buchanan to live within Westchester County or an adjoining county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The village of Buchanan, Westchester county, has employed 2 individuals that reside outside of the political subdivision or munici- 3 pal corporation as building inspector, fire inspector, and code enforce- 4 ment officer of the village in violation of section 3 of the public 5 officers law and section 3-300 of the village law. Notwithstanding this 6 defect, the employment of such individuals as building inspector, fire 7 inspector, and code enforcement officer is hereby validated, legalized, 8 ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding the absence of prior legislative 9 approval. 10 § 2. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 31 to read as follows: 12 31. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other gener- 13 al law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trus- 14 tees of the incorporated village of Buchanan, Westchester county, may, 15 by resolution, provide that the office of building inspector, fire 16 inspector and code enforcement officers of such village, may be held by 17 a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such 18 person resides within Westchester county or an adjoining county within 19 the state of New York. 20 § 3. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 21 subdivision 71 to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10758-03-1A. 7038--A 2 1 71. In the village of Buchanan, in the county of Westchester, the 2 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 3 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he 4 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are 5 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 6 office of building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement offi- 7 cers of the village of Buchanan, provided that such person resides with- 8 in Westchester county or an adjoining county within the state of New 9 York. Provided, however that the person performing the functions of 10 building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement officers in any 11 other village shall be a resident of such village unless otherwise 12 provided by an act of the state legislature. 13 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.