Bill Text: NY S05676 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

New York Senate Bill 5676 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relates to the residency requirement for the assistant court clerk for the town of Somers in the county of Westchester.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-14 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7362A [S05676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05676-Amended.html

                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5676--A
            Cal. No. 762
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 25, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  MURPHY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to
          first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
          ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
        AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
          the residency requirement for the assistant court clerk for  the  town
          of Somers in the county of Westchester
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 23 of the town law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  subdivision 31 to read as follows:
     3    31.  Notwithstanding  subdivision  one of this section, in the town of
     4  Somers, in the county of Westchester, the  provisions  of  this  section
     5  requiring  a  person  to  be  a resident of the political subdivision or
     6  municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall  be  chosen
     7  or  within  which his or her official functions are required to be exer-
     8  cised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office  of  assistant
     9  court  clerk of the town of Somers, provided that such person resides in
    10  the county in which such town is located or Putnam  county.    Provided,
    11  however, the person performing the functions of assistant court clerk in
    12  any  other  town  shall  be  a  resident  of such town, unless otherwise
    13  provided by an act of the state legislature.
    14    § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
    15  subdivision 66 to read as follows:
    16    66.  In  the  town  of  Somers,  in  the  county  of  Westchester, the
    17  provisions of this section requiring a person to be a  resident  of  the
    18  political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
    19  or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are
    20  required  to  be  exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the
    21  office of assistant court clerk of the town  of  Somers,  provided  that
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10921-03-7

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     1  such  person  resides  in  the  county  in which such town is located or
     2  Putnam county. Provided, however, the person performing the functions of
     3  assistant court clerk in any other town shall  be  a  resident  of  such
     4  town, unless otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
     5    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.