Bill Text: NY A09671 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to waiving the residency requirement for the town board-appointed officers in the town of LaGrange, Dutchess county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-09 - signed chap.306 [A09671 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9671
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     March 28, 2016
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        Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
        AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
          waiving the residency requirement for the town  board-appointed  offi-
          cers in the town of LaGrange, Dutchess county
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 23 of the town law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 30 to read as follows:
     3    30. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
     4  in the town of LaGrange, in the county of Dutchess, the persons perform-
     5  ing  the  functions of town board-appointed officers, including, but not
     6  limited to, the town building inspector, the comptroller, the accounting
     7  officer, the dog warden, the municipal code enforcement  inspector,  the
     8  stormwater  management  officer, the clerk of the works and the adminis-
     9  trator of planning & public works need not be  electors  of  such  town.
    10  Provided,  however,  the persons performing the functions of town board-
    11  appointed officers, including, but not limited  to,  the  town  building
    12  inspector,  the comptroller, the accounting officer, the dog warden, the
    13  municipal code enforcement inspector, the stormwater management officer,
    14  the clerk of the works and the administrator of planning & public  works
    15  in  any  other  town  shall  be  electors of such town, unless otherwise
    16  provided by an act of the state legislature.
    17    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    18  subdivision 65 to read as follows:
    19    65. In the town of LaGrange, in the county of Dutchess, the provisions
    20  of  this  section  requiring  a person to be a resident of the political
    21  subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which  he  or  she
    22  shall  be  chosen    or  within  which his or her official functions are
    23  required to be exercised shall not prevent a  person  from  holding  any
    24  town  board-appointed office, including, but not limited to, the offices
    25  of town building inspector, comptroller, accounting officer, dog warden,
    26  municipal code enforcement  inspector,  stormwater  management  officer,
    27  clerk  of  the  works  and  administrator  of  planning  & public works,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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