Senate Bill S8378

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda

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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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2019-S8378 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10538
Law Section:
General City Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §48, Gen City L

2019-S8378 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to a residency exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda allowing for the designation or appointment of an inspector or inspectors of plumbing where such inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county.

2019-S8378 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8378 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8378
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 19, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JACOBS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the  general  city  law,  in  relation  to  a  residency
   exemption for plumbing inspectors in the city of Tonawanda
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 48 of the general city law, as amended  by  chapter
 585 of the laws of 2005, is amended to read as follows:
   § 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or
 an  official  or board designated by local law of such city, as the case
 may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors  of
 plumbing,  subject,  however,  to  the provisions or limitations of law,
 regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such board of health or
 an official or board designated by local law of such city.  All  inspec-
 tors  of  plumbing  who  are  detailed, designated or appointed shall be
 practical plumbers and shall not be engaged directly  or  indirectly  in
 the  business  of plumbing, during the period of their appointment. They
 shall be citizens and actual residents of the city  in  which  they  are
 appointed;  except  in  the  cities  of Cortland and Corning, where such
 inspectors shall be citizens and actual residents of the county or coun-
 ties wherein the city is situated, or in an abutting or adjacent county;
 except in the city of Watertown, where such inspectors shall be citizens
 and actual residents of the county wherein the city is  situated  except
 in  the  city of Middletown, where such inspectors shall be citizens and
 actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, or within a
 twenty-five mile radius of the  city  of  Middletown  as  long  as  such
 inspectors  are  citizens  and actual residents of this state; EXCEPT IN
 THE CITY OF TONAWANDA, WHERE SUCH INSPECTORS SHALL BE CITIZENS AND ACTU-
 AL RESIDENTS OF THE COUNTY WHEREIN THE CITY IS SITUATED, OR IN AN  ABUT-
 TING  OR  ADJACENT  COUNTY; except in any city with a population of less
 than twenty-five thousand, where such inspectors shall be  citizens  and
 actual residents of the county or counties wherein the city is situated.
 Before  entering  upon  the discharge of their duties as such inspectors
 they shall each be required to obtain a certificate of  competency  from
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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