Assembly Bill A7885

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Montour 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
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2025-A7885 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7412
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §23, Town L; amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A7885 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Montour, county of Schuyler, to be a nonresident of such town.

2025-A7885 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7885
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PALMESANO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
   authorizing the town justice of the town of Montour, county of Schuyl-
   er, 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  23  of  the  town law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 37 to read as follows:
   37. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
 IN THE TOWN OF MONTOUR, IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER, THE PERSON PERFORMING
 THE FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE, NEED NOT  BE  AN  ELECTOR  OF  SUCH  TOWN.
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTION OF TOWN JUSTICE IN
 ANY  OTHER  TOWN  SHALL  BE  AN  ELECTOR  OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE
 PROVIDED BY AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
   § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 76 to read as follows:
   76.  IN THE TOWN OF MONTOUR, IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER, 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  FUNCTIONS  ARE
 REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE
 OFFICE OF TOWN JUSTICE OF THE TOWN OF MONTOUR; PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON
 RESIDES IN A TOWN WHICH IS IN THE COUNTY OF SCHUYLER. 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.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11504-01-5

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