Bill Text: NY A09443 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes the town of Wallkill, county of Orange, to elect a third town justice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-11 - signed chap.274 [A09443 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09443-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9443
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 30, 2014
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       Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to providing for the  election
         of  a  third  town  justice  in  the town of Wallkill in the county of
         Orange
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision 1 of section 20 of the town law is amended by
    2  adding a new paragraph (p) to read as follows:
    3    (P) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL,  SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL
    4  LAW  TO  THE CONTRARY, THE TOWN BOARD OF THE TOWN OF WALLKILL, COUNTY OF
    5  ORANGE MAY ADOPT A RESOLUTION, SUBJECT TO  A  PERMISSIVE  REFERENDUM  AS
    6  PROVIDED  BY ARTICLE SEVEN OF THIS CHAPTER, AT LEAST SIXTY DAYS PRIOR TO
    7  ANY REGULAR OR SPECIAL ELECTION DETERMINING THAT SUCH  TOWN  SHALL  HAVE
    8  THREE  TOWN  JUSTICES. IF THE TOWN BOARD OF SUCH TOWN SHALL HAVE ADOPTED
    9  SUCH A RESOLUTION AND NO PETITION SHALL HAVE BEEN FILED WITHIN THE  TIME
   10  SPECIFIED  FOR  A REFERENDUM THEREON, OR IF A MAJORITY OF THE VOTES CAST
   11  ON ANY SUCH PROPOSITION SUBMITTED TO THE VOTE OF THE ELECTORS BE IN  THE
   12  AFFIRMATIVE,  THE  ELECTORS  OF  SUCH TOWN SHALL ELECT AT THE SUCCEEDING
   13  GENERAL ELECTION A TOWN JUSTICE WHO SHALL TAKE OFFICE FOR A TERM OF FOUR
   14  YEARS BEGINNING ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING SUCH BIENNI-
   15  AL TOWN ELECTION.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14841-01-4