Bill Text: NY A10816 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes the village of Spring Valley justices to live in the towns of Ramapo or Clarkstown, county of Rockland.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-24 - signed chap.254 [A10816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A10816-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                        10816--A
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 21, 2018
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        Introduced  by  M.  of A. JAFFEE, ZEBROWSKI -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on  Local  Governments  --  committee  discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
          to permitting village justices of the village of Spring Valley to live
          in the towns of Ramapo or Clarkstown
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 28 to read as follows:
     3    28. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other gener-
     4  al law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trus-
     5  tees of the incorporated village of Spring Valley, Rockland county, may,
     6  by  resolution,  provide  that  the  office  of  village justice of such
     7  village may be held by a person who is not a resident of  such  village,
     8  provided  that  such  person resides within either the town of Ramapo or
     9  the town of Clarkstown within Rockland county.
    10    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 67 to read as follows:
    12    67.  In  the  village of Spring Valley, in the county of Rockland, the
    13  provisions of this section requiring a person to be a  resident  of  the
    14  political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
    15  or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
    16  required  to  be  exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
    17  office of village justice of the village of Spring Valley, provided that
    18  such person resides in the town of Ramapo or  the  town  of  Clarkstown.
    19  Provided,  however,  the  person  performing  the  functions  of village
    20  justice in any other village shall be a resident of such village  unless
    21  otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
    22    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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