Assembly Bill A7844

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2025-A7844 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5691
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A7844 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town justice of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town, so long as such person resides in Allegany county.

2025-A7844 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7844
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SEMPOLINSKI -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing  the
   town  justice  of the town of West Almond, county of Allegany, to be a
   nonresident of such town

   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 76 to read as follows:
   76.  IN  THE  TOWN  OF  WEST  ALMOND,  IN  THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY, THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
 POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH
 SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNC-
 TIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL  NOT  PREVENT  A  PERSON  FROM
 HOLDING  THE OFFICE OF TOWN JUSTICE OF THE TOWN OF WEST ALMOND; PROVIDED
 THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF ALLEGANY.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,
 THE  PERSON  PERFORMING  THE  FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE IN ANY OTHER TOWN
 SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09331-01-5

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