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Senate Bill S9969

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix to be a nonresident of such town

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2025-S9969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Town L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S9969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Dix, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.

2025-S9969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9969
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
   authorizing the town justice of the town of Dix, county  of  Schuyler,
   to be a nonresident of such town
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 23 of the town law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 38 to read as follows:
   38. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 IN THE TOWN OF DIX, IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE
 FUNCTION  OF  TOWN  JUSTICE,  NEED  NOT  BE  AN  ELECTOR  OF  SUCH TOWN.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE IN
 ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE  AN  ELECTOR  OF  SUCH  TOWN,  UNLESS  OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   §  2.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 77 to read as follows:
   77. IN THE TOWN OF DIX, IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER, 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 A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE  OFFICE  OF
 TOWN  JUSTICE OF THE TOWN OF DIX; PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN A
 TOWN WHICH IS IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER. PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THE  PERSON
 PERFORMING  THE  FUNCTION  OF  TOWN JUSTICE IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE A
 RESIDENT OF SUCH TOWN, 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.
                                                            LBD15592-01-6

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