Bill Text: NY S08819 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 8819 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes the village of St. Johnsville to hire a village clerk/treasurer and code enforcement officer who is not a resident of such village.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-11-05 - SIGNED CHAP.352 [S08819 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S08819-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8819
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 22, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- 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 authorizing the  village  of  St.  Johnsville  to  hire  a  village
          clerk/treasurer  and code enforcement officer who is not a resident of
          such village
          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 St. Johnsville,  Montgomery  county,
     6  may,  by  resolution,  provide that the village clerk/treasurer and code
     7  enforcement officer of the village of St. Johnsville, Montgomery county,
     8  need not be a resident of said village, but must be a  resident  of  the
     9  county  in  which  such village is located or an adjoining county within
    10  the state of New York.
    11    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    12  subdivision 67 to read as follows:
    13    67. In the village of St. Johnsville, in the county of Montgomery, the
    14  provisions  of  this  section requiring a person to be a resident of the
    15  political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
    16  or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
    17  required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person  from  holding  the
    18  office  of  village  clerk/treasurer and code enforcement officer of the
    19  village of St. Johnsville, provided that  such  person  resides  in  the
    20  county  in  which  such village is located or an adjoining county within
    21  the state of New York.   Provided, however, the  person  performing  the
    22  functions of village clerk/treasurer and code enforcement officer in any
    23  other  village  shall  be  a  resident of such village, unless otherwise
    24  provided by an act of the state legislature.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16019-02-8