Bill Text: NY A09791 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the village of Voorheesville, county of Albany, by resolution to appoint the office of clerk, treasurer, clerk-treasurer, deputy clerk, deputy clerk treasurer, and building inspector who do not reside within such village.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-31 - substituted by s8683a [A09791 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A09791-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9791--A IN ASSEMBLY April 8, 2022 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- 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 the village of Voorheesville to appoint certain village officers who do not reside within such village The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 32 to read as follows: 3 32. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other gener- 4 al law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trus- 5 tees of the incorporated village of Voorheesville, Albany county, may, 6 by resolution, provide that the office of clerk, treasurer, clerk-trea- 7 surer, deputy clerk, deputy clerk treasurer, and building inspector of 8 the village of Voorheesville, Albany county, need not be a resident of 9 such village, but must be a resident of the county in which such village 10 is located or an adjoining county within the state of New York. 11 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 12 subdivision 72 to read as follows: 13 72. In the village of Voorheesville, in the county of Albany, the 14 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 15 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he 16 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are 17 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 18 office of clerk, treasurer, clerk-treasurer, deputy clerk, deputy clerk 19 treasurer, and building inspector of the village of Voorheesville 20 provided that such person resides in the county in which such village is 21 located or an adjoining county within the state of New York. Provided, 22 however, the person performing the functions of an appointed village 23 officer in any other village shall be an elector of such village, unless 24 otherwise provided by law. 25 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15108-03-2