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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5691
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 27, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment 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.
LBD09331-01-5
