Bill Text: NY A07902 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Authorizes the residence of the person holding the office of town superintendent of highways or town engineer of the town of Pavilion, Genesee county to be in an adjoining town or village in an adjoining town.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-11-20 - SIGNED CHAP.527 [A07902 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07902-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7902--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the town law, in relation to the residence of the person holding the office of town superintendent of highways or town engineer of the town of Pavilion, Genesee county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 68 to read as follows: 3 68. In the town of Pavilion, Genesee county, the provisions of this 4 section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision 5 or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be 6 chosen, or within which his or her official functions are required to be 7 exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of town 8 superintendent of highways or town engineer of the town of Pavilion, 9 provided that such person resides in an adjoining town or village within 10 an adjoining town within the state of New York. Provided, however, the 11 person performing the functions of town superintendent of highways or 12 town engineer in any other town shall be a resident of such town, unless 13 otherwise provided by law. 14 § 2. Section 23 of the town law is amended by adding a new subdivision 15 33 to read as follows: 16 33. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, in the town of 17 Pavilion, Genesee county, the person performing the function of town 18 superintendent of highways or town engineer need not be an elector of 19 such town, provided that such person is an elector in an adjoining town 20 or village within an adjoining town within the state. Provided, however, 21 the person performing the function of town superintendent of highways or 22 town engineer in any other town shall be an elector of such town, unless 23 otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature. 24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11823-05-9