Bill Text: NY A07038 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7038

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 21, 2021
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        Introduced  by M. of A. GALEF -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments

        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, need not  be  a
    17  resident of such village, but may be held by a person who is not a resi-
    18  dent of such village, provided that such person resides within Westches-
    19  ter county or an adjoining county within 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:
    22    71. In the village of Buchanan, in  the  county  of  Westchester,  the
    23  provisions  of  this  section requiring a person to be a resident of the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
     2  or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
     3  required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person  from  holding  the
     4  office  of building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement offi-
     5  cers of such village, provided that the person performing the  functions
     6  of  building  inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement officers in
     7  any other village shall reside in Westchester  county  or  an  adjoining
     8  county  of  the  state  of  New  York; provided, however that the person
     9  performing the functions of building inspector, fire inspector and  code
    10  enforcement  officers  in  any other village shall be a resident of such
    11  village unless otherwise provided by law.
    12    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.