Senate Bill S6751

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the residency of the Wallkill comptroller

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8962 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6751 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8962
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Town L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2013-S6751 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the residency of the town of Wallkill comptroller; provides that such individual need not be an elector of such town.

2013-S6751 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6751 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6751

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 6, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- 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
  the residency of the Wallkill comptroller

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

  Section  1.  Section  23  of  the  town law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 28 to read as follows:
  28. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN  THE  TOWN  OF
WALLKILL,  ORANGE  COUNTY,  THE  PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF COMP-
TROLLER NEED NOT BE AN ELECTOR OF  SUCH  TOWN.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THE
PERSON  PERFORMING  THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPTROLLER IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL
BE AN ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY AN ACT  OF  THE
STATE LEGISLATURE.
  S  2.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 62 to read as follows:
  62. IN THE TOWN OF WALLKILL, IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE,  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 COMPTROLLER OF THE TOWN OF WALLKILL, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON
RESIDES  IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE
OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSONS PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS  OF
COMPTROLLER  IN  ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14225-01-4


              

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