New York 2023-2024 Regular Session

New York Senate Bill S06026 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 03/27/2023

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6026--A Cal. No. 702 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE March 27, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment Operations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the village law, in relation to residency requirements for the village clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer for the village of Otisville The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a 2 new subdivision 73 to read as follows: 3 73. In the village of Otisville, Orange county, the provisions of this 4 section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision 5 or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be 6 chosen or within which his or her official functions are required to be 7 exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of village 8 clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer of the village of 9 Otisville, provided that such person resides in the county in which such 10 village is located or an adjoining county within the state of New York. 11 Provided, however, the person performing the functions of village 12 clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer in any other village 13 shall be a resident of such village, unless otherwise provided by an act 14 of the state legislature. 15 § 2. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new 16 subdivision 33 to read as follows: 17 33. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other gener- 18 al law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trus- 19 tees of the incorporated village of Otisville, Orange county, may, by 20 resolution, provide that the village clerk/treasurer and deputy village 21 clerk/treasurer of the village of Otisville, Orange county, need not be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09954-03-3 

 S. 6026--A 2 1 residents of such village, but must be residents in the county in which 2 such village is located or an adjoining county within the state of New 3 York. Provided, however, the person performing the functions of village 4 clerk/treasurer and deputy village clerk/treasurer in any other village 5 shall be a resident of such village, unless otherwise provided by an act 6 of the state legislature. 7 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.