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Assembly Bill A10500

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Allows the village justices of the village of Westhampton Beach to reside in the town of Southampton

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2011-A10500 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L; amd §3-300, Vil L

2011-A10500 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows the village justices of the village of Westhampton Beach to reside in the town of Southampton.

2011-A10500 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  10500

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the village law, in relation
  to  permitting village justices of the village of Westhampton Beach to
  live in the town of Southampton

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

  Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 59 to read as follows:
  59. IN THE VILLAGE OF WESTHAMPTON BEACH, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, THE
PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE
OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE
REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON  FROM  HOLDING  THE
OFFICE  OF VILLAGE JUSTICE OF THE VILLAGE OF WESTHAMPTON BEACH, PROVIDED
THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON. PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
THE  PERSON  PERFORMING  THE  FUNCTIONS  OF VILLAGE JUSTICE IN ANY OTHER
VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY
LAW.
  S 2. Section 3-300 of the village law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
subdivision 21 to read as follows:
  21. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER GENER-
AL LAW, LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR SPECIAL ACT, THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES  OF  THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF WESTHAMPTON BEACH, SUFFOLK COUNTY,
MAY, BY RESOLUTION, PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE JUSTICE  OF  SUCH
VILLAGE  MAY  BE HELD BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN THE TOWN OF SOUTHAMPTON  WITHIN
SUFFOLK COUNTY.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16072-01-2

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