Bill Text: NY A07648 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown by allowing such inspectors to be residents of Chautauqua county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-09-21 - signed chap.173 [A07648 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07648-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7648 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GOODELL -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Cities AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 48 of the general city law, as amended by chapter 2 585 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or 4 an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case 5 may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of 6 plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law, 7 regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or 8 an official or board designated by local law of such city. All inspec- 9 tors of plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall be 10 practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in 11 the business of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They 12 shall be citizens and actual residents of the city in which they are 13 appointed; except in the cities of Cortland and Corning, where such 14 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun- 15 ties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county; 16 except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be citizens 17 and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated except 18 in the city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and 19 actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or within a 20 twenty-five mile radius of the city of Middletown as long as such 21 inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this state; except in 22 the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and actu- 23 al residents of the county wherein the city is situated; except in any 24 city with a population of less than twenty-five thousand, where such 25 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11562-01-9A. 7648 2 1 ties wherein the city is situated. Before entering upon the discharge of 2 their duties as such inspectors they shall each be required to obtain a 3 certificate of competency from said examining board. They shall be enti- 4 tled to receive compensation to be fixed by the officer, board, commis- 5 sion or department having power to fix salaries generally or, if there 6 be no officer, board, commission or department thereof having such 7 power, by the board of aldermen or common council. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.