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A02124 Summary:

BILL NO	A02124
SAME AS	SAME AS S01678
SPONSOR	Hunter
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Authorizes the board of trustees of the village of East Syracuse to permit that the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a non-resident who lives in the town of Dewitt.

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A02124 Actions:

BILL NO	A02124
01/15/2025	referred to local governments
02/11/2025	reported referred to ways and means
03/18/2025	reported
03/20/2025	advanced to third reading cal.64
03/24/2025	substituted by s1678
	S01678 AMEND= RYAN C
	01/13/2025	REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
	02/25/2025	1ST REPORT CAL.374
	02/26/2025	2ND REPORT CAL.
	03/03/2025	ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
	03/04/2025	PASSED SENATE
	03/04/2025	DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
	03/05/2025	referred to ways and means
	03/24/2025	substituted for a2124
	03/24/2025	ordered to third reading cal.64
	03/24/2025	passed assembly
	03/24/2025	returned to senate

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A02124 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A2124
 
SPONSOR: Hunter

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to authorize the board of trustees of the village of East Syra-
cuse to permit that the office of village justice and/or associate
justice may be held by a non-resident, provided that they reside in the
town of Dewitt
 
 
PURPOSE:
 
Permits the office of village justice and/or associate justice may be
held by a non-resident.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section one permits the office of village justice and/or associate
justice to be held by a non-resident, provided that they reside in the
town of Dewitt.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
Under current law, a person occupying the office of village judge is
required to be a resident of the municipality in which they reside.
Though this is an important part of representative democracy, in prac-
tice this limitation can make filling this position difficult or impos-
sible for smaller communities. East Syracuse is one such community.
Allowing the municipality to permit non-village residents of the town of
Dewitt to be eligible for the position of village judge will greatly
expand the pool of potential candidates while ensuring that the village
judge is still a member of the community.
 
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
New bill
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None
 
 
LOCAL FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

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A02124 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          2124
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    January 15, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Local Governments
 
        AN  ACT  to authorize the board of trustees of the village of East Syra-
          cuse to permit that the office of  village  justice  and/or  associate
          justice  may  be  held by a non-resident, provided that they reside in
          the town of Dewitt

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of section 3-300 of the
     2  village law and section 3 of the public officers law requiring a  person
     3  to  be  a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation
     4  of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which  such
     5  person's  official  functions  are required to be exercised, the village
     6  board of trustees of the incorporated village of East Syracuse,  in  the
     7  county of Onondaga, is hereby authorized to provide, by resolution, that
     8  the  office of village justice and/or associate justice may be held by a
     9  person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such  person
    10  resides  within the town of Dewitt, in the county of Onondaga. Provided,
    11  however, the person performing the functions of village  justice  and/or
    12  associate  justice  in  any  other  village  shall be a resident of such
    13  village, unless otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03905-02-5

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