Exempts persons holding the office of clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the village of Baxter Estates from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8183
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
May 19, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to residency requirements for clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the
village of Baxter Estates
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 36 to read as follows:
3 36. 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 Baxter Estates, Nassau county, may,
6 by resolution, provide that the office of village clerk-treasurer or
7 deputy clerk of such village may be held by a person who is not a resi-
8 dent of such village, provided that such person resides in the county of
9 Nassau or in an adjoining county within the state of New York.
10 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
11 subdivision 76 to read as follows:
12 76. In the village of Baxter Estates, in the county of Nassau, 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
15 such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official func-
16 tions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent such person from
17 holding the office of village clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk of the
18 village of Baxter Estates, provided that such person resides in Nassau
19 county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; provided,
20 however, any person performing such functions of village clerk-treasurer
21 or deputy clerk in any other village shall be a resident of such
22 village, unless otherwise provided by law.
23 § 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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