New York S 9309: Relates to qualifications to hold certain positions in the village of Scarsdale

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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9309
IN SENATE
May 13, 2022
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Introduced by Sen. STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to qualifications to hold certain positions in the village of Scars-
dale
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 32 to read as follows:
3 32. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other chap-
4 ter, general law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village
5 board of trustees of the village of Scarsdale, Westchester county, may,
6 by resolution, provide that the office of court clerk, building inspec-
7 tor, assistant building inspector, village clerk, assistant village
8 clerk, village treasurer, assistant village treasurer, assessor, village
9 engineer, or village planner of such village may be held by a person who
10 is not a resident of such village, provided that such person resides
11 within Westchester county or an adjoining county within the state of New
12 York, except that the village treasurer may also reside within Dutchess
13 county.
14 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
15 subdivision 72 to read as follows:
16 72. In the village of Scarsdale, Westchester county, the provisions of
17 this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdi-
18 vision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall
19 be chosen or within which his or her official functions are required to
20 be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of
21 court clerk, building inspector, assistant building inspector, village
22 clerk, assistant village clerk, village treasurer, assistant village
23 treasurer, assessor, village engineer, or village planner, provided that
24 such person resides within Westchester county or an adjoining county
25 within the state of New York, except that the village treasurer may also
26 reside within Dutchess county. Provided, however that persons perform-
27 ing the functions of such appointed positions in any other municipality
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 shall be a resident of such municipality unless otherwise provided by an
2 act of the state legislature.
3 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.