Bill Text: NY S04072 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Provides that the building inspector of the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, need not be a resident of such town, so long as he or she resides in such county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-23 - SIGNED CHAP.38 [S04072 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S04072-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         4072--A
            Cal. No. 236
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 2, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen. BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
          reported  favorably  from  said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
        AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
          the  residency  of the building inspector and code enforcement officer
          of the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Section  23  of  the  town law is amended by adding a new
     2  subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     3    31. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
     4  in the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, the persons performing
     5  the functions of town building inspector and  code  enforcement  officer
     6  need  not  be  electors  of  such  town.  Provided, however, the persons
     7  performing the functions of  building  inspector  and  code  enforcement
     8  officer  in any other town shall be electors of such town, unless other-
     9  wise provided by law.
    10    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    11  subdivision 66 to read as follows:
    12    66.  In  the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, the provisions
    13  of this section requiring a person to  be  a  resident  of  a  political
    14  subdivision  or  municipal  corporation of the state for which he or she
    15  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 building inspector and code enforcement officer of the town of
    18  Wallkill, provided that such person resides in the county in which  such
    19  town is located. Provided, however, the persons performing the functions
    20  of  building  inspector  and  code enforcement officer in any other town
    21  shall be residents of such town, unless otherwise provided by law.
    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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