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     S. 6331                                                  A. 7030
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2021
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 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. PALUMBO -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
   ment
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend chapter 1001 of the laws of 1966, confirming the author-
   ity and proprietary rights of the  Trustees  of  the  Freeholders  and
   Commonalty  of the Town of East Hampton, in relation to increasing the
   term of office from two years to four  years  and  providing  for  the
   staggering of such terms of office
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 2 of chapter 1001 of the laws of  1966,  confirming
 the  authority and proprietary rights of the Trustees of the Freeholders
 and Commonalty of the Town of East Hampton, as amended by chapter 378 of
 the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows:
   § 2. The electors of the town of East Hampton  are  hereby  authorized
 and  empowered to elect by ballot from their number at the biennial town
 election to be held in said town in [nineteen hundred seventy-five]  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  and biennially thereafter, in the same manner as
 other town officers are elected, nine freeholders as trustees, who shall
 continue to be known as the Trustees of the Freeholders  and  Commonalty
 of the Town of East Hampton.  They shall hold office for a term of [two]
 FOUR  years,  PROVIDED  THAT AT THE BIENNIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID
 TOWN IN TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, FIVE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A
 TERM OF FOUR YEARS AND FOUR TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF TWO
 YEARS.  AT THE BIENNIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID TOWN IN TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-THREE, THE FIVE CANDIDATES RECEIVING THE LARGEST NUMBER OF  VOTES
 SHALL BE ENTITLED TO HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. THE REMAINING
 FOUR  SUCCESSFUL  CANDIDATES  SHALL HOLD OFFICE FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD10708-03-1

 S. 6331                             2                            A. 7030
 
 THEREAFTER, AT ALL SUBSEQUENT  BIENNIAL  TOWN  ELECTIONS,  ALL  TRUSTEES
 SHALL  HOLD  OFFICE FOR A TERM OF FOUR YEARS. They shall within ten days
 after their election and  qualification,  meet  and  choose  from  their
 number,  by  majority  vote,  a chairman and a clerk of said board. Said
 trustees, or a majority of them, are hereby authorized and empowered  to
 manage,  lease,  convey  or  otherwise dispose of all or any part of all
 such common lands, waters, and lands under water,  or  rights  or  other
 interests therein, subject, as to lands under water, to the public right
 of  navigation and to the riparian rights of adjoining upland owners, as
 the trustees have acquired and now hold by virtue of any colonial patent
 or charter; and for this purpose said board may execute all such convey-
 ances, leases, permits, agreements or other writings, necessary or prop-
 er in carrying into effect the provisions of this act; subject, however,
 to and in accordance with such rules and regulations, if any, concerning
 the management and disposition of said property and rights, as the elec-
 tors of said town may adopt or impose at a biennial town  election;  and
 the  electors  of  said  town are hereby empowered to adopt from time to
 time such rules and regulations as a proposition at  any  biennial  town
 election.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.