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Assembly Bill A1797

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the annexation of territories by local governments

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2009-A1797 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง703, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A3024

2009-A1797 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the annexation of territories by local governments.

2009-A1797 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1797

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 12, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to annexation  of
  territories by local governments

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 703 of the general municipal  law,
as  amended  by  chapter  405 of the laws of 1972, is amended to read as
follows:
  1. Territory in one or more local governments adjoining  one  or  more
other  local  governments  may  be annexed to the latter pursuant to the
provisions of this article.  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, UNDER  NO  CIRCUMSTANCES
MAY  A PARCEL OF LAND SEPARATED BY ANOTHER MUNICIPALITY FROM THE MUNICI-
PALITY ATTEMPTING TO ANNEX SAID LAND BE ALLOWED TO BE  ANNEXED  BY  SAID
MUNICIPALITY.  A petition for such annexation, describing the territory,
stating the approximate number of inhabitants thereof, and signed (1) by
at least twenty per centum of the  persons  residing  therein,  if  any,
qualified  to vote for officers of the city or town in which such terri-
tory is situated or, if such territory is situated  in  a  village,  for
officers of such village, or (2) by the owners of a majority in assessed
valuation  of the real property in such territory assessed upon the last
preceding assessment roll of, or utilized by, the  local  government  or
governments  in  which it is situated, may be presented to the governing
board or boards of the affected local government or governments in which
such territory is situated and a certified copy or copies thereof to the
governing board or boards of the  local  government  or  governments  to
which it is proposed to annex such territory.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02317-01-9

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