STATE OF NEW YORK
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S. 7761 A. 9890
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2018
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. MURPHY -- 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. BYRNE -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
the residency requirement for the court attendant for the town of
Somers, in the county of Westchester
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 32 to read as follows:
3 32. Notwithstanding subdivision one of this section, in the town of
4 Somers, in the county of Westchester, the provisions of this section
5 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
6 municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen
7 or within which his or her official functions are required to be exer-
8 cised, shall not prevent a person from holding the position of court
9 attendant for the town of Somers, provided that such person resides in
10 the county in which such town is located. Provided, however, the person
11 performing the functions of court attendant in any other town shall be a
12 resident of such town, unless otherwise provided by an act of the state
13 legislature.
14 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
15 subdivision 67 to read as follows:
16 67. In the town of Somers, in the county of Westchester, the
17 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the
18 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
19 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
20 required to be exercised shall not prevent a person from holding the
21 position of court attendant for the town of Somers, provided that such
22 person resides in the county in which such town is located. Provided,
23 however, the person performing the functions of court attendant in any
24 other town shall be a resident of such town, unless otherwise provided
25 by an act of the state legislature.
26 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14775-01-8
