Authorizes the building inspector in the town of Pendleton, county of Niagara, to reside outside of such town if they reside within such county or an adjoining county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5370
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BOLOGNA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
authorizing the building inspector in the town of Pendleton, county of
Niagara, to reside outside 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 37 to read as follows:
3 37. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, in the town of
4 Pendleton, Niagara county, the person performing the function of build-
5 ing inspector need not be an elector of such town. Provided, however,
6 the person performing the function of building inspector in any other
7 town shall be an elector of such town, unless otherwise provided by an
8 act of the state legislature.
9 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
10 subdivision 76 to read as follows:
11 76. In the town of Pendleton, Niagara county, the provisions of this
12 section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision
13 or municipal corporation of the state for which they shall be chosen, or
14 within which their official function is required to be exercised, shall
15 not prevent a person from holding the office of building inspector of
16 the town of Pendleton, Niagara county; provided that said person resides
17 in the county in which such town is located or an adjoining county with-
18 in the state of New York. Provided, however, the person performing the
19 functions of building inspector in any other town shall be a resident of
20 such town, unless 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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