S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5638 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 8, 2011 ___________ 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. LBD00700-03-1