| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| May 05, 2022 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S9046
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) 57th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Local Government Committee
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2021-S9046 (ACTIVE) - Details
2021-S9046 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S9046
SPONSOR: BORRELLO
TITLE OF BILL:
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 Allega-
ny, to be a nonresident of such town
PURPOSE:
To amend an article and section of the Public Officers Law so that it
will reflect the expanded residency qualifications for town justices to
include all of Allegany County.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 23 of the town law to authorize the town of
Rushford town justice to reside anywhere in Allegany County, while still
maintaining other town justices in New York State reside in the town
that they serve.
2021-S9046 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9046
I N S E N A T E
May 5, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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
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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