STATE OF NEW YORK
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7538
IN SENATE
January 24, 2020
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
AN ACT to amend the general city law, in relation to a residency
exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Jamestown
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 48 of the general city law, as amended by chapter
2 585 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 § 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or
4 an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case
5 may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of
6 plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law,
7 regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or
8 an official or board designated by local law of such city. All inspec-
9 tors of plumbing who are detailed, designated or appointed shall be
10 practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly or indirectly in
11 the business of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They
12 shall be citizens and actual residents of the city in which they are
13 appointed; except in the cities of Cortland and Corning, where such
14 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun-
15 ties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county;
16 except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be citizens
17 and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated except
18 in the city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and
19 actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or within a
20 twenty-five mile radius of the city of Middletown as long as such
21 inspectors are citizens and actual residents of this state; except in
22 the city of Jamestown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and actu-
23 al residents of the county wherein the city is situated; except in any
24 city with a population of less than twenty-five thousand, where such
25 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun-
26 ties wherein the city is situated. Before entering upon the discharge of
27 their duties as such inspectors they shall each be required to obtain a
28 certificate of competency from said examining board. They shall be enti-
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 tled to receive compensation to be fixed by the officer, board, commis-
2 sion or department having power to fix salaries generally or, if there
3 be no officer, board, commission or department thereof having such
4 power, by the board of aldermen or common council.
5 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
