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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          3933
 
                               2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                    February 27, 2013
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
        AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
          authorizing town justices in the town of Piercefield, in the county of
          St. Lawrence, to reside outside such town
 

          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 26 to read as follows:
     3    26. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section,
     4  in the town of Piercefield, in the county of St. Lawrence,  the  persons
     5  performing  the  functions  of town justice need not be electors of such
     6  town. Provided, however, the persons performing the  functions  of  town
     7  justice  in  any other town shall be electors of such town unless other-
     8  wise provided by law.
     9    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    10  subdivision 60 to read as follows:

    11    60.  In  the  town  of Piercefield, in the county of St. Lawrence, the
    12  provisions of this section requiring a person to be a  resident  of  the
    13  political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
    14  or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
    15  required  to  be  exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
    16  office of town justice of the town of Piercefield,  provided  that  such
    17  person  resides  in St. Lawrence or an adjoining county within the state
    18  of New York. Provided, however, the person performing the  functions  of
    19  town  justice in any other town shall be a resident of such town, unless
    20  otherwise provided by law.
    21    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09392-01-3