STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1794 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the classification of the town of Ulster in the county of Ulster The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 10 of the town law, as amended by chapter 229 of 2 the laws of 1970, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 10. Classification of towns. Towns are divided into classes accord- 4 ing to population, as shown by the latest federal or state census or 5 enumeration, as follows: 6 First class. Towns containing a population of ten thousand or more, 7 excepting towns in Broome and Suffolk counties, and excepting also the 8 town of Potsdam in St. Lawrence county [and the town of Ulster in Ulster 9 county], and such other towns as may determine to become towns of the 10 first class pursuant to the provisions of this article. Every town in 11 the county of Westchester shall be a town of the first class. 12 Second class. Towns containing a population of less than ten thousand, 13 excepting towns in Westchester county and such towns as shall have 14 determined to become towns of the first class pursuant to the provisions 15 of this article. Every town in the counties of Suffolk and Broome and 16 the town of Potsdam in the county of St. Lawrence [and the town of 17 Ulster in Ulster county shall be a town of the second class]. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05696-01-3