Bill Text: NY A09795 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 9795 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the eligibility of certain town officers; relieves the town of Fishkill of residency requirements for the position of comptroller.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - signed chap.292 [A09795 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09795-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9795
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 5, 2012
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  J. MILLER  --  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
         the eligibility of certain town officers
         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 25 to read as follows:
    3    25. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN  THE  TOWN  OF
    4  FISHKILL,  DUTCHESS  COUNTY, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF COMP-
    5  TROLLER NEED NOT BE AN ELECTOR OF  SUCH  TOWN.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE
    6  PERSON  PERFORMING  THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPTROLLER IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL
    7  BE AN ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY AN ACT  OF  THE
    8  STATE LEGISLATURE.
    9    S  2.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
   10  subdivision 59 to read as follows:
   11    59. IN THE TOWN OF FISHKILL, IN THE COUNTY OF DUTCHESS, THE PROVISIONS
   12  OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A  RESIDENT  OF  THE  POLITICAL
   13  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE
   14  SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN  WHICH  HIS  OR  HER  OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS  ARE
   15  REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE
   16  OFFICE OF COMPTROLLER OF THE TOWN OF FISHKILL, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON
   17  RESIDES IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORM-
   18  ING THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPTROLLER IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE  A  RESIDENT
   19  OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   20    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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