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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8183
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 19, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to residency requirements for clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the
village of Baxter Estates
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 36 to read as follows:
36. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER OR ANY OTHER GENER-
AL LAW, LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR SPECIAL ACT, THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUS-
TEES OF THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES, NASSAU COUNTY, MAY,
BY RESOLUTION, PROVIDE THAT THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER OR
DEPUTY CLERK OF SUCH VILLAGE MAY BE HELD BY A PERSON WHO IS NOT A RESI-
DENT OF SUCH VILLAGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF
NASSAU OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
§ 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 76 to read as follows:
76. IN THE VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES, IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE
PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH
SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNC-
TIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT SUCH PERSON FROM
HOLDING THE OFFICE OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER OR DEPUTY CLERK OF THE
VILLAGE OF BAXTER ESTATES, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN NASSAU
COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OF VILLAGE CLERK-TREASURER
OR DEPUTY CLERK IN ANY OTHER VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH
VILLAGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
§ 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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