Bill Text: NY S07219 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7219 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Provides that the court clerk and deputy clerk/treasurer of the village of Mount Morris, in the county of Livingston, need not be a resident of such town, so long as he or she is a resident of Livingston county or an adjoining county within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - SIGNED CHAP.338 [S07219 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7219
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 4, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  YOUNG  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
          to residency requirements for the office of  court  clerk  and  deputy
          clerk/treasurer  in  the  village  of  Mount  Morris, in the county of
          Livingston
          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
     2  new 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 Mount Morris, Livingston county,
     6  may, by resolution, provide that the office of court  clerk  and  deputy
     7  clerk/treasurer  of  such  village  may be held by a person who is not a
     8  resident of such village, provided that such person resides in the coun-
     9  ty of Livingston or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
    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 Mount Morris, Livingston county, the provisions
    13  of this section requiring a person to be a  resident  of  the  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 village court clerk and deputy clerk/treasurer of the  village
    18  of  Mount  Morris,  provided  that  such person resides in the county in
    19  which such village is located or an adjoining county within the state of
    20  New York.  Provided, however, the person  performing  the  functions  of
    21  village  court  clerk  and  deputy  clerk/treasurer in any other village
    22  shall be a resident of such village, unless otherwise provided by law.
    23    § 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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