Provides that the building inspector of the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, need not be a resident of such town, so long as he or she resides in such county.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5671--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 14, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
the residency of the building inspector and code enforcement officer
of the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 23 of the town law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 31 to read as follows:
3 31. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
4 in the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, the persons performing
5 the functions of town building inspector and code enforcement officer
6 need not be electors of such town. Provided, however, the persons
7 performing the functions of building inspector and code enforcement
8 officer in any other town shall be electors of such town, unless other-
9 wise provided by law.
10 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
11 subdivision 66 to read as follows:
12 66. In the town of Wallkill, in the county of Orange, the provisions
13 of this section requiring a person to be a resident of a political
14 subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she
15 shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
16 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
17 office of building inspector and code enforcement officer of the town of
18 Wallkill, provided that such person resides in the county in which such
19 town is located. Provided, however, the persons performing the functions
20 of building inspector and code enforcement officer in any other town
21 shall be residents of such town, unless otherwise provided by law.
22 § 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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