STATE OF NEW YORK
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10771
IN ASSEMBLY
April 1, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- 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 clerk of the town of Bethany, county of Genesee,
to be nonresidents 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 38 to read as follows:
3 38. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
4 in the town of Bethany, in the county of Genesee, the person performing
5 the function of town clerk, need not be an elector of such town.
6 Provided, however, the person performing the function of town clerk 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 77 to read as follows:
11 77. In the town of Bethany, in the county of Genesee, 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 such person
14 shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are
15 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
16 office of town clerk of the town of Bethany, provided that such person
17 resides in an adjoining town or village in the county in which such town
18 is located. Provided, however, the person performing the functions of
19 town clerk in any other town shall be a resident of such town, unless
20 otherwise provided by law.
21 § 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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