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Assembly Bill A10076

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to exempting the village historian of Port Chester from the residency requirement

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2019-A10076 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2019-A10076 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts the village historian of Port Chester from the residency requirement so that the historian need only be a resident of the state.

2019-A10076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10076
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. OTIS -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  exempting  the
   village  historian  for the village of Port Chester from the residency
   requirement
 
   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 70 to read as follows:
   70. IN THE VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, 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  HISTORIAN FOR THE VILLAGE OF PORT CHESTER, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED,  HOWEV-
 ER,  THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF LOCAL HISTORIAN IN ANY OTHER
 VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY
 AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15265-01-0

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