Legislation
SECTION 60
Town board constituted
Town (TWN) CHAPTER 62, ARTICLE 4
§ 60. Town board constituted. 1. In every town the supervisor and the
town council members shall constitute the town board and shall be vested
with all the powers of such a town and shall possess and exercise all
the powers and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter imposed by
law upon town boards and town boards of health within such towns; but it
is not intended to extend the power of said boards or officers within
the limits of any incorporated village or city, or in any manner to
abridge or interfere with the power and authority of the officers of any
such village or city within its corporate limits, except as otherwise
provided by law.
2. In any town in which a town justice serves as a member of the town
board, such town justice shall continue to serve as a member of the town
board until the expiration of their term. Thereafter any town justice
shall not be a member of the town board and a town council member shall
be elected as a member of such town board in place of such town justice
except as otherwise provided by the town board by resolution adopted
pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-a of this article.
town council members shall constitute the town board and shall be vested
with all the powers of such a town and shall possess and exercise all
the powers and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter imposed by
law upon town boards and town boards of health within such towns; but it
is not intended to extend the power of said boards or officers within
the limits of any incorporated village or city, or in any manner to
abridge or interfere with the power and authority of the officers of any
such village or city within its corporate limits, except as otherwise
provided by law.
2. In any town in which a town justice serves as a member of the town
board, such town justice shall continue to serve as a member of the town
board until the expiration of their term. Thereafter any town justice
shall not be a member of the town board and a town council member shall
be elected as a member of such town board in place of such town justice
except as otherwise provided by the town board by resolution adopted
pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-a of this article.