Senate Bill S9374

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge

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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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2021-S9374 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10400
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L; amd §3-300, Vil L

2021-S9374 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge; requires such person to be a resident of Rockland county.

2021-S9374 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9374 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9374
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. REICHLIN-MELNICK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law and the village law, in relation
   to residency requirements for village justice of Chestnut Ridge
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 72 to read as follows:
   72. IN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTNUT RIDGE, IN THE COUNTY OF  ROCKLAND,  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE
 OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE
 REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON  FROM  HOLDING  THE
 OFFICE  OF  VILLAGE  JUSTICE  OF THE VILLAGE OF CHESTNUT RIDGE, PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF ROCKLAND.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THE  PERSON  PERFORMING  THE  FUNCTIONS  OF VILLAGE JUSTICE IN ANY OTHER
 VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY
 LAW.
   § 2. Section 3-300 of the village law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 32 to read as follows:
   32. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER GENER-
 AL  LAW, LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR SPECIAL ACT, THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUS-
 TEES OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF  CHESTNUT  RIDGE,  ROCKLAND  COUNTY,
 MAY,  BY  RESOLUTION, PROVIDE THAT THE VILLAGE JUSTICE OF THE VILLAGE OF
 CHESTNUT RIDGE, ROCKLAND COUNTY, MAY BE HELD BY A PERSON WHO  IS  NOT  A
 RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN ROCK-
 LAND COUNTY.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15727-02-2

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