STATE OF NEW YORK
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9700
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. PALMESANO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
authorizing the town justice of the town of Van Etten, county of
Chemung, to be a nonresident of such town
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 35 to read as follows:
3 35. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
4 in the town of Van Etten, in the county of Chemung, the person perform-
5 ing the function of town justice, need not be an elector of such town.
6 Provided, however, the person performing the function of town justice in
7 any other town shall be an elector of such town, unless otherwise
8 provided by an act of the state legislature.
9 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision 72 to read as follows:
11 72. In the town of Van Etten, in the county of Chemung, the provisions
12 of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political
13 subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she
14 shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
15 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
16 office of town justice of the town of Van Etten; provided that such
17 person resides in a town which is in the county of Chemung. Provided,
18 however, the person performing the function of town justice in any other
19 town shall be a resident of such town, unless otherwise provided by law.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14956-01-2
