Authorizes the town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town, so long as such person resides in Allegany county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7844
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 11, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing the
town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, 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 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 76 to read as follows:
3 76. In the town of West Almond, in the county of Allegany, 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
6 such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official func-
7 tions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from
8 holding the office of town justice of the town of West Almond; provided
9 that such person resides in the county of Allegany. Provided, however,
10 the person performing the function of town justice in any other town
11 shall be a resident of such town, unless otherwise provided by law.
12 § 2. 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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