Assembly Bill A8619

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the village of Baxter Estates

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8183
Current Committee:
Assembly Rules
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-300, Vil L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts persons holding the office of clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the village of Baxter Estates from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.

2025-A8619 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8619
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
   to  residency  requirements for clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the
   village of Baxter Estates
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 36 to read as follows:
   36. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER GENER-
 AL  LAW, LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR SPECIAL ACT, THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUS-
 TEES OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES, NASSAU COUNTY,  MAY,
 BY  RESOLUTION,  PROVIDE  THAT  THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER OR
 DEPUTY CLERK OF SUCH VILLAGE MAY BE HELD BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A  RESI-
 DENT OF SUCH VILLAGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF
 NASSAU OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
   §  2.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 76 to read as follows:
   76. IN THE VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES, IN THE  COUNTY  OF  NASSAU,  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE  STATE  FOR  WHICH
 SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNC-
 TIONS  ARE  REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM
 HOLDING THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER OR  DEPUTY  CLERK  OF  THE
 VILLAGE  OF  BAXTER ESTATES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN NASSAU
 COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF  NEW  YORK;  PROVIDED,
 HOWEVER, ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER
 OR  DEPUTY  CLERK  IN  ANY  OTHER  VILLAGE  SHALL  BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH
 VILLAGE, 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.
                                                            LBD13101-01-5

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