New York Senate Bill S07689 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7689 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE October 6, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation to residency requirements for village justice of Cayuga Heights 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 34 to read as follows: 3 34. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or other general 4 law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trustees 5 of the incorporated village of Cayuga Heights, in the county of Tomp- 6 kins, may, by resolution, provide that the office of village justice 7 and/or associate justice of such village may be held by a person who is 8 not a resident of such village, provided that such person resides within 9 the county of Tompkins. 10 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 74 to read as follows: 12 74. In the village of Cayuga Heights, in the county of Tompkins, the 13 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 14 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he 15 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are 16 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 17 office of village justice and/or associate justice of the village of 18 Cayuga Heights, provided that such person resides in the county of Tomp- 19 kins. Provided, however, the person performing the functions of village 20 justice in any other village shall be a resident of such village unless 21 otherwise provided by law. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13293-01-3