Bill Text: NY A07884 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires town comptrollers in towns with a population of more than fifteen thousand to be certified public accountants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to local governments [A07884 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07884-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7884
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 20, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to requiring town comptrollers
         to be certified public accountants
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 20  of  the  town
    2  law,  as  amended by chapter 131 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read
    3  as follows:
    4    (b) The town board of any town of the first class, or any town of  the
    5  second  class  having  a  population  of  over  [forty] FIFTEEN thousand
    6  according to the latest federal census or state enumeration, may adopt a
    7  resolution establishing the office of town  comptroller  and  appoint  a
    8  town  comptroller  who  shall  BE A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSED
    9  PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  AND
   10  WHO SHALL hold office until the first day of January next succeeding the
   11  first  biennial town election held after the time of his OR HER appoint-
   12  ment. On the first day of January next  succeeding  the  first  biennial
   13  town  election  held after the time of the establishment of such office,
   14  and biennially thereafter, the town board shall  appoint  a  comptroller
   15  who  shall  hold  office  for a term of two years. The town board of any
   16  town in which the office of town comptroller shall have been established
   17  may adopt a resolution abolishing such office and upon the expiration of
   18  the term of office of the incumbent such office shall be  abolished  and
   19  no successor shall be appointed.
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD11612-01-1