Senate Bill S7102

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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Bill Amendments

2009-S7102 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §§792 & 793 to be §§793 & 794, add §792, Gen Muni L

2009-S7102 - Summary

Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury to create the town of Woodbury, leaving the incorporated village of Harriman intact but prohibiting any new villages from being formed within the town limits.

2009-S7102 - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7102 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7102

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  consolidating
  the village of Woodbury with the town of Woodbury

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Sections 792 and 793  of  the  general  municipal  law  are
renumbered  sections  793 and 794 and a new section 792 is added to read
as follows:
  S 792. CONSOLIDATION OF THE VILLAGE OF WOODBURY AND THE TOWN OF  WOOD-
BURY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE OR ARTICLE TWO
OF THE VILLAGE LAW, THE VILLAGE OF WOODBURY AND THE TOWN OF WOODBURY MAY
FORM  A  CONSOLIDATED  LOCAL  GOVERNMENT ENTITY BY A JOINT CONSOLIDATION
AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE TWO OF  THIS  ARTI-
CLE,  EXCEPT  THAT  THE  NEW GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO SURVIVE SHALL BE THE
TOWN OF WOODBURY (INCLUDING THE EXISTING INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF  HARRI-
MAN)  AND SUCH TOWN SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE POWERS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS
OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY UNDER TOWN LAW, HOWEVER NO ADDITIONAL  VILLAGES
MAY BE FORMED WITHIN THE TOWN LIMITS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16027-01-0

2009-S7102A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Ren §§792 & 793 to be §§793 & 794, add §792, Gen Muni L

2009-S7102A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury to create the town of Woodbury, leaving the incorporated village of Harriman intact but prohibiting any new villages from being formed within the town limits.

2009-S7102A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S7102A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7102--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2010
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed  to  the  Committee  on  Local  Government  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to  consolidating
  the village of Woodbury with the town of Woodbury

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Legislative intent. It was and is the  intent  of  the  New
N.Y.    Government Reorganization and Citizen Empowerment Act to provide
opportunities for local governments and electors to  adopt  consolidated
forms  of  local  governments, and this act provides that opportunity to
the village and town of Woodbury upon certain terms.
  S 2. Sections 792 and 793 of the general municipal law are  renumbered
sections 793 and 794 and a new section 792 is added to read as follows:
  S  792. CONSOLIDATION OF THE VILLAGE OF WOODBURY AND THE TOWN OF WOOD-
BURY.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE, OR ARTICLE 2
OF THE VILLAGE LAW, THE VILLAGE AND TOWN OF WOODBURY, NEW YORK, MAY FORM
A CONSOLIDATED LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITY BY A JOINT  CONSOLIDATION  AGREE-
MENT  IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, EXCEPT THAT THE
NEW GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO SURVIVE SHALL  BE  THE  TOWN  (INCLUDING  THE
EXISTING PORTION OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF HARRIMAN PRESENTLY WITH-
IN  THE  BOUNDARIES  OF THE TOWN OF WOODBURY) THAT SHALL HAVE ALL OF THE
POWERS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY UNDER  THE  TOWN
LAW,  BUT  SHALL  NOT  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR THE FORMATION OF ANY ADDITIONAL
VILLAGES WITHIN ITS LIMITS. THE NEW GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY TO SURVIVE SHALL
BE GOVERNED INITIALLY BY THE THEN-EXISTING TOWN OF  WOODBURY  SUPERVISOR
AND THE TOWN OF WOODBURY TOWN BOARD MEMBERS.
  S  3.  Savings  clause.  If  any portion, clause, sentence, paragraph,
section, word, or part of this act shall be adjudged  by  any  court  of
competent  jurisdiction  to  be invalid, such judgment shall not affect,
impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in  its
operation  to the portion, clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section or
part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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