Assembly Bill A9939

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the process and requirements to incorporate as a village; repealer

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  • 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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2019-A9939 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7375
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2-200, 2-202, 2-206, 2-210, 2-220 & 2-232, rpld §2-212, add §§2-211 & 2-212, Vil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2553, S1657
2023-2024: A5669, S3455

2019-A9939 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Revises the process of incorporating a village such as the contents of a petition and the filing process.

2019-A9939 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9939
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 27, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the village law, in relation to the incorporation of
   villages; and to repeal section 2-212 of such law relating thereto
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Section 2-200 of the village law, subdivision 2 as amended
 by chapter 932 of the laws of 1974, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2-200 Population and area requirements. 1. A territory containing  a
 population of at least [five] TWENTY-FIVE hundred persons [who are regu-
 lar inhabitants thereof, as hereinafter defined,] may be incorporated as
 a  village under this chapter provided such territory does not include a
 part of a city or village and further provided the limits of such terri-
 tory:
   a. do not contain more than five square miles; or
   b. are coterminous with the entire boundaries of a school, fire,  fire
 protection, fire alarm, town special or town improvement district; or
   c.  are  coterminous  with  parts  of  the boundaries of more than one
 school, fire, fire protection, fire alarm, town special or town improve-
 ment district, all of which are wholly contained within such limits  and
 within one town; or
   d. are coterminous with the entire boundaries of a town.
   2. The [words "regular inhabitants" as used herein and for the purpose
 of  this  article  shall  include  all persons residing in the territory
 proposed to be incorporated except such persons who themselves,  or  who
 are  persons  under the age of eighteen years residing with persons who,
 maintain a residence outside such  territory  which  is  used  as  their
 address  for  purposes  of  voting]  POPULATION  OF A TERRITORY SHALL BE
 DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE MOST RECENT DECENNIAL FEDERAL CENSUS.
   § 2. Section 2-202 of the village law, subparagraph 2 of  paragraph  f
 of  subdivision  1  as  amended  by  chapter 181 of the laws of 2004, is
 amended to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14166-06-0
              

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