Bill Text: NY A09795 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | 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 ________________________________________________________________________ 9795 I N A S S E M B L Y April 5, 2012 ___________ 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. LBD15252-01-2