Bill Text: NY A09660 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the residency requirements for the position of constable in the village of West Hampton Dunes, county of Suffolk, to allow for the retention of current constables and enhance recruitment efforts for future personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-08-01 - signed chap.290 [A09660 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A09660-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6800                                                  A. 9660
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 23, 2012
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       IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
         ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
         ment
       IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
         to the residency requirements for the position  of  constable  in  the
         incorporated village of West Hampton Dunes, county of Suffolk to allow
         for  the  retention  of  current  constables  and  enhance recruitment
         efforts for future personnel
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
    2  subdivision 21 to read as follows:
    3    21. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER GENER-
    4  AL LAW, LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE, OR SPECIAL ACT, THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUS-
    5  TEES  OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF WEST HAMPTON DUNES, SUFFOLK COUNTY,
    6  MAY, BY RESOLUTION, PROVIDE THAT A CONSTABLE OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE
    7  OF WEST HAMPTON DUNES, SUFFOLK COUNTY, NEED NOT BE A  RESIDENT  OF  SUCH
    8  VILLAGE,  BUT  MUST BE A RESIDENT OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, STATE OF NEW
    9  YORK.
   10    S 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
   11  subdivision 59 to read as follows:
   12    59.  IN  THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF WEST HAMPTON DUNES, IN THE COUNTY
   13  OF SUFFOLK, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON  TO  BE  A
   14  RESIDENT  OF  THE  POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE
   15  STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN  WHICH  HIS  OR  HER
   16  OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS  ARE  REQUIRED  TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A
   17  PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF CONSTABLE OF THE INCORPORATED  VILLAGE
   18  OF  WEST  HAMPTON  DUNES  PROVIDED  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF
   19  SUFFOLK, STATE OF NEW YORK. PROVIDED  THAT  THE  PERSON  PERFORMING  THE
   20  FUNCTIONS  OF CONSTABLE IN ANY OTHER VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH
   21  VILLAGE UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
   22    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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