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Assembly Bill A10196

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town

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2021-A10196 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9046
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Town L; amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A1514, S1119
2025-2026: A7250, S1443

2021-A10196 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town.

2021-A10196 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10196
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced   by   COMMITTEE  ON  RULES  --  (at  request  of  M.  of  A.
   J. M. Giglio) -- read once and referred  to  the  Committee  on  Local
   Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
   authorizing  the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Alle-
   gany, to be a nonresident of such town

   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 35 to read as follows:
   35. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 IN THE TOWN OF RUSHFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, THE PERSON  PERFORM-
 ING  THE  FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE, NEED NOT BE AN ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE IN
 ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE  AN  ELECTOR  OF  SUCH  TOWN,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   §  2.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 72 to read as follows:
   72. IN THE TOWN OF RUSHFORD, IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, 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 TOWN JUSTICE OF THE  TOWN  OF  RUSHFORD;  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH
 PERSON  RESIDES  IN A TOWN WHICH IS IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY. PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE IN ANY OTHER
 TOWN SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15643-01-2

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