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Assembly Bill A766

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Makes the position of town comptroller an elected position in towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more

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2025-A766 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Add §34-a, Town L

2025-A766 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Makes the position of town comptroller an elected position in towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more; provides for a four-year term.

2025-A766 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    766
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to making the town comptroller
   position an elected position in certain towns

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  town  law is amended by adding a new section 34-a to
 read as follows:
   § 34-A. ELECTION OF THE TOWN COMPTROLLER IN TOWNS HAVING A  POPULATION
 OF   FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND  PERSONS  OR  MORE.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE
 PROVISIONS OF SECTION THIRTY-FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE OR ANY  OTHER  GENERAL
 OR SPECIAL LAW, THE POSITION OF TOWN COMPTROLLER OF TOWNS HAVING A POPU-
 LATION  OF  FIVE  HUNDRED  THOUSAND PERSONS OR MORE SHALL BE FILLED BY A
 VOTE OF THE ELIGIBLE VOTERS OF THE  TOWN  AT  THE  FIRST  BIENNIAL  TOWN
 ELECTION  HELD AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION. THE COMPTROLLER
 SHALL BE ELECTED FOR A FOUR-YEAR TERM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00352-01-5

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