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Senate Bill S10726

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to residency requirements for clerk in the village of Alden, county of Erie

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2025-S10726 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-300, Vil L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S10726 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village clerk of the village of Alden, county of Erie, to reside outside of such village, providing such residency is in an adjoining county.

2025-S10726 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10726
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             October 26, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
   to residency requirements for clerk in the village of Alden, county of
   Erie
 
   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 38 to read as follows:
   38. 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 ALDEN, ERIE COUNTY, MAY,  BY  RESOL-
 UTION,  PROVIDE  THAT THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE CLERK OF SUCH VILLAGE MAY BE
 HELD BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT OF SUCH  VILLAGE,  PROVIDED  THAT
 SUCH  PERSON  RESIDES  IN  THE  COUNTY OF ERIE 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 78 to read as follows:
   78.  IN THE VILLAGE OF ALDEN, IN THE COUNTY OF ERIE, THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION 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, SHALL NOT PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE
 OF VILLAGE CLERK OF THE VILLAGE OF  ALDEN,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH  PERSON
 RESIDES  IN  ERIE  COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW
 YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OF VILLAGE
 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.
                                                            LBD16423-02-6

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