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Assembly Bill A1571

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes town boards to pass a resolution requiring a deputy supervisor be an elective town board member

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2009-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง42, Town L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3113

2009-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes town boards to pass a resolution requiring that a deputy supervisor be an elective town board member.

2009-A1571 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  1571

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 7, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. CALHOUN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to authorizing towns to pass a
  resolution requiring the deputy supervisor be an elective  town  board
  member

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 42 of the town law, as amended by  chapter  808  of
the laws of 1972, is amended to read as follows:
  S  42.  Deputy  supervisor. The town board of any town may at any time
establish the office of deputy supervisor. The deputy  supervisor  shall
be  appointed by the supervisor to serve at the pleasure of the supervi-
sor, and in case the office of  supervisor  becomes  vacant  any  deputy
supervisor  in  office at the time such vacancy occurs shall continue to
serve until the successor of such deputy supervisor is appointed. If the
supervisor shall fail to appoint a deputy supervisor  within  five  days
after the establishment of the office or within five days after a vacan-
cy occurs in the office, the town board shall have power to appoint such
deputy  supervisor. During the absence or inability to act of the super-
visor, or while the office of supervisor is vacant, the deputy  supervi-
sor  shall  preside, when present, at the meetings of the town board and
shall be vested with all of the powers and may perform all of the duties
of the supervisor under this chapter or any other law, except that he OR
SHE shall have no vote in his OR HER capacity as  deputy  supervisor  on
matters  coming before the town board and he OR SHE shall not serve as a
member of the county board of supervisors. Any person, including a  town
officer,  official  or  employee,  may  be  appointed deputy supervisor,
provided that the person appointed shall possess the same qualifications
as an elective town officer, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A TOWN BOARD  SHALL
HAVE  THE AUTHORITY TO PASS A RESOLUTION REQUIRING THE DEPUTY SUPERVISOR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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