Bill Text: NY S05936 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5936 (Prior Session Legislation)

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 [S05936 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S05936-Amended.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5936--A
            Cal. No. 973

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Investigations  and
          Government  Operations  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
          ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
          amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
          third reading

        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,

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  the person performing the function of town superintendent of highways or
     2  town engineer in any other town shall be an elector of such town, unless
     3  otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.