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Assembly Bill A7884

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Requires town comptrollers in towns with a population of more than fifteen thousand to be certified public accountants

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2011-A7884 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง20, Town L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A1926

2011-A7884 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires town comptrollers in towns with a population of more than fifteen thousand to be certified public accountants.

2011-A7884 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7884

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 20, 2011
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to requiring town comptrollers
  to be certified public accountants

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 3 of section 20  of  the  town
law,  as  amended by chapter 131 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read
as follows:
  (b) The town board of any town of the first class, or any town of  the
second  class  having  a  population  of  over  [forty] FIFTEEN thousand
according to the latest federal census or state enumeration, may adopt a
resolution establishing the office of town  comptroller  and  appoint  a
town  comptroller  who  shall  BE A CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT LICENSED
PURSUANT TO SECTION SEVENTY-FOUR HUNDRED FOUR OF THE EDUCATION  LAW  AND
WHO SHALL hold office until the first day of January next succeeding the
first  biennial town election held after the time of his OR HER appoint-
ment. On the first day of January next  succeeding  the  first  biennial
town  election  held after the time of the establishment of such office,
and biennially thereafter, the town board shall  appoint  a  comptroller
who  shall  hold  office  for a term of two years. The town board of any
town in which the office of town comptroller shall have been established
may adopt a resolution abolishing such office and upon the expiration of
the term of office of the incumbent such office shall be  abolished  and
no successor shall be appointed.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11612-01-1

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