Bill Text: NY S05638 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the village board of trustees of the incorporated village of Haverstraw, Rockland county, may by resolution, provide that the office of assessor of such village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such person resides in Rockland, Westchester, Orange or Putnam county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A2930A [S05638 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S05638-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5638
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     June 8, 2011
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       Introduced  by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
         to the office of the assessor of the village of  Haverstraw,  Rockland
         county
         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 20 to read as follows:
    3    20. 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 HAVERSTRAW, ROCKLAND COUNTY, MAY BY
    6  RESOLUTION, PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF ASSESSOR OF SUCH VILLAGE  MAY  BE
    7  HELD  BY  A  PERSON WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE, PROVIDED THAT
    8  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND, WESTCHESTER, ORANGE, OR
    9  PUTNAM.
   10    S 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
   11  subdivision 58 to read as follows:
   12    58.  IN  THE  VILLAGE  OF  HAVERSTRAW,  IN THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND, THE
   13  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
   14  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE
   15  OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE
   16  REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE
   17  OFFICE OF ASSESSOR OF THE VILLAGE PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON  RESIDES  IN
   18  THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH VILLAGE IS LOCATED OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITH-
   19  IN  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE
   20  FUNCTIONS OF VILLAGE ASSESSOR IN ANY OTHER VILLAGE SHALL BE  AN  ELECTOR
   21  OF SUCH VILLAGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   22    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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