STATE OF NEW YORK
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9374
IN SENATE
May 20, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations
and Government Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the village law, in relation
to residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge
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 72 to read as follows:
3 72. In the village of Chestnut Ridge, in the county of Rockland, the
4 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the
5 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
6 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
7 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
8 office of village justice of the village of Chestnut Ridge, provided
9 that such person resides in the county of Rockland. Provided, however,
10 the person performing the functions of village justice in any other
11 village shall be a resident of such village unless otherwise provided by
12 law.
13 § 2. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
14 subdivision 32 to read as follows:
15 32. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other gener-
16 al law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trus-
17 tees of the incorporated village of Chestnut Ridge, Rockland county,
18 may, by resolution, provide that the village justice of the village of
19 Chestnut Ridge, Rockland county, may be held by a person who is not a
20 resident of such village, provided that such person resides within Rock-
21 land county.
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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