Bill Text: NY S07633 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that the building inspector and code enforcement officer of the town of Conklin, in the county of Broome, need not be a resident of such town, so long as he or she resides in such county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.177 [S07633 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S07633-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7633 I N S E N A T E May 21, 2014 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to the residency of the building inspector and code enforcement officer of the town of Conklin, in the county of Broome 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 28 to read as follows: 3 28. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, 4 IN THE TOWN OF CONKLIN, IN THE COUNTY OF BROOME, THE PERSON PERFORMING 5 THE FUNCTIONS OF TOWN BUILDING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER 6 NEED NOT BE AN ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON 7 PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF BUILDING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT 8 OFFICER IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE AN ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS 9 OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. 10 S 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 62 to read as follows: 12 62. IN THE TOWN OF CONKLIN, IN THE COUNTY OF BROOME, THE PROVISIONS OF 13 THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVI- 14 SION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE 15 CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE 16 EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF BUILD- 17 ING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER OF THE TOWN OF CONKLIN, 18 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH TOWN IS 19 LOCATED. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF 20 BUILDING INSPECTOR AND CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL 21 BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH TOWN, 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. LBD15318-01-4