Senate Bill S8183

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 - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • 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-S8183 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8619
Law Section:
Village Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-300, Vil L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S8183 (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-S8183 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8183 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8183
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 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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