STATE OF NEW YORK
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9082
IN SENATE
June 15, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to permitting village justices of the village of Spring Valley to live
in the towns of Ramapo or Clarkstown
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 Spring Valley, Rockland county, may,
6 by resolution, provide that the office of village justice of such
7 village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village,
8 provided that such person resides within either the town of Ramapo or
9 the town of Clarkstown within Rockland county.
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 Spring Valley, in the county of Rockland, the
13 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the
14 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
15 or she 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 justice of the village of Spring Valley, provided that
18 such person resides in the town of Ramapo or the town of Clarkstown.
19 Provided, however, the person performing the functions of village
20 justice in any other village shall be a resident of such village unless
21 otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
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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