Senate Bill S8007

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the incorporation of villages; repealer

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8572
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§2-200, 2-202 & 2-206, ren §2-260 to be §2-259, rpld §2-206 sub 1 ¶g, Vil L; amd §5, Chap of 2023 (as proposed in S.7538 & A.7754)

2023-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages containing one thousand five hundred persons or less; amends the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the village law relating to the incorporation of villages, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7538 and A.7754.

2023-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8007 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8007
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation  to  the  incorporation  of
   villages;  to amend a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the village
   law relating to the incorporation of villages, as proposed in legisla-
   tive bills numbers S. 7538 and A. 7754, in relation to the  effective-
   ness  thereof;  and  to repeal certain provisions 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.  Subdivision  1  of  section  2-200 of the village law, as
 amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the village law relat-
 ing to the incorporation of villages, as proposed in  legislative  bills
 numbers S. 7538 and A. 7754, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A territory containing a population of at least [two] ONE thousand
 FIVE HUNDRED persons who are regular 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 territory:
   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.  Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 2-202
 of the village law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending
 the village law relating to the incorporation of villages,  as  proposed
 in  legislative bills numbers S. 7538 and A. 7754, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (3) An allegation that such territory  contains  a  population  of  at
 least [two] ONE thousand FIVE HUNDRED regular inhabitants.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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