Bill Text: NY S07729 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the town justice of the town of Angelica, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-10-07 - SIGNED CHAP.244 [S07729 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S07729-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7729 IN SENATE February 11, 2020 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 authorizing the town justice of the town of Angelica, county of Alle- gany, to be a nonresident of such town 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 34 to read as follows: 3 34. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, 4 in the town of Angelica, in the county of Allegany, the person perform- 5 ing the function of town justice, need not be an elector of such town. 6 Provided, however, the person performing the function of town justice in 7 any other town shall be an elector of such town, unless otherwise 8 provided by an act of the state legislature. 9 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 70 to read as follows: 11 70. In the town of Angelica, in the county of Allegany, 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 town justice of the town of Angelica; provided that such 17 person resides in a town which adjoins such town and which is in the 18 county of Allegany. Provided, however, the person performing the func- 19 tion of town justice in any other town shall be a resident of such town, 20 unless otherwise provided by law. 21 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15234-01-0