* § 80. Biennial town elections. Except as otherwise provided in this
chapter, a biennial town election for the election of town officers and
for the consideration of such questions as may be proposed by the town
board or the duly qualified electors, pursuant to the provisions of this
chapter, shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first Monday
in November of every odd-numbered year. All other town elections are
special elections. A town election or special town election held
pursuant to this chapter, shall be construed as a substitute, for a town
meeting or a special town meeting heretofore provided to be held by law,
and a reference in any law to a town meeting or special town meeting
shall be construed as referring to a town election or special town
election.

* NB Effective until January 1, 2025

* § 80. Biennial town elections. Notwithstanding any provision of any
general, special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution,
rule or regulation to the contrary, a biennial town election for the
election of town officers, other than town justices or any town office
with a three-year term prior to January first, two thousand twenty-five,
and for the consideration of such questions as may be proposed by the
town board or the duly qualified electors, pursuant to the provisions of
this chapter, shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the first
Monday in November of every even-numbered year. All other town elections
are special elections. A town election or special town election held
pursuant to this chapter, shall be construed as a substitute, for a town
meeting or a special town meeting heretofore provided to be held by law,
and a reference in any law to a town meeting or special town meeting
shall be construed as referring to a town election or special town
election. Any town completely coterminous with a village shall continue
to elect its officers, including town justices, in odd-numbered years if
both such village and town last held such elections in an odd-numbered
year prior to January first, two thousand twenty-five.

* NB Effective January 1, 2025