Relates to the residency requirements for the position of constable in the village of West Hampton Dunes, county of Suffolk, to allow for the retention of current constables and enhance recruitment efforts for future personnel.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 6800 A. 9660
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
March 23, 2012
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
ment
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to the residency requirements for the position of constable in the
incorporated village of West Hampton Dunes, county of Suffolk to allow
for the retention of current constables and enhance recruitment
efforts for future personnel
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 21 to read as follows:
3 21. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any other gener-
4 al law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trus-
5 tees of the incorporated village of West Hampton Dunes, Suffolk county,
6 may, by resolution, provide that a constable of the incorporated village
7 of West Hampton Dunes, Suffolk county, need not be a resident of such
8 village, but must be a resident of the county of Suffolk, state of New
9 York.
10 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
11 subdivision 59 to read as follows:
12 59. In the incorporated village of West Hampton Dunes, in the county
13 of Suffolk, the provisions of this section requiring a person to be a
14 resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the
15 state for which he or she shall be chosen or within which his or her
16 official functions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a
17 person from holding the office of constable of the incorporated village
18 of West Hampton Dunes provided such person resides in the county of
19 Suffolk, state of New York. Provided that the person performing the
20 functions of constable in any other village shall be a resident of such
21 village 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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