STATE OF NEW YORK
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5395--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 16, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to qualifications for holding certain offices in the village of North-
ville in Fulton county
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 31 to read as follows:
3 31. 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 incorporated village of Northville, Fulton
6 county, may, by resolution, provide that the office of treasurer,
7 village clerk, and code enforcement officer of such village may be held
8 by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such
9 person resides within Fulton county or an adjoining county within the
10 state of New York.
11 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
12 subdivision 71 to read as follows:
13 71. In the village of Northville, in the county of Fulton, the
14 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the
15 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
16 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
17 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
18 office of treasurer, village clerk and code enforcement officer of the
19 village of Northville, provided that such person resides in Fulton
20 county, or in an adjoining county within the state of New York;
21 provided, however that any person performing such functions of treasur-
22 er, village clerk, and code enforcement officer in any other village
23 shall be a resident of such village unless otherwise provided by law.
24 § 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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