Authorizes the village of Briarcliff Manor to provide that the positions of village treasurer, deputy village treasurer, village clerk, deputy clerk and building inspector may be held by residents of Westchester county, an adjoining county within the state of New York, or within Dutchess county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9447
IN SENATE
March 12, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 qualifications to hold the positions of village treasurer, deputy
village treasurer, village clerk, deputy clerk and building inspector
in the village of Briarcliff Manor
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 37 to read as follows:
3 37. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other chap-
4 ter, general law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village
5 board of trustees of the village of Briarcliff Manor, Westchester coun-
6 ty, may, by resolution, provide that the office of village treasurer,
7 deputy village treasurer, village clerk, deputy clerk and building
8 inspector of such village may be held by a person who is not a resident
9 of such village, provided that such person resides within Westchester
10 county, an adjoining county within the state of New York, or within
11 Dutchess county.
12 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
13 subdivision 77 to read as follows:
14 77. In the village of Briarcliff Manor, Westchester county, the
15 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the
16 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which
17 they shall be chosen or within which their official functions are
18 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
19 office of village treasurer, deputy village treasurer, village clerk,
20 deputy clerk or building inspector, provided that such person resides
21 within Westchester county, an adjoining county within the state of New
22 York, or within Dutchess county. Provided, however that persons perform-
23 ing the functions of such appointed positions in any other municipality
24 shall be a resident of such municipality unless otherwise provided by an
25 act of the state legislature.
26 § 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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