S7483-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of Dutchess, to reside outside such town

Authorizes the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of Dutchess, to reside outside such town.

Sponsor: SALAND / Committee: LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Law Section: Town Law / Law: Amd S23, Town L; amd S3, Pub Off L

S7483-2011 Actions

Jun 13, 2012: referred to local governments
Jun 13, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
Jun 13, 2012: PASSED SENATE
Jun 12, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Jun 11, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Jun 6, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.1135
May 24, 2012: REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT

S7483-2011 Meetings

Local Government: Jun 6, 2012

S7483-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 13, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 11, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 12, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2012

S7483-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Local Government - Jun 6, 2012

Ayes (8): Martins, Ball, Little, McDonald, Ritchie, Stewart-Cousins, Oppenheimer, Klein

VOTE: FLOOR VOTE: - Jun 13, 2012

Ayes (60): Adams, Addabbo, Alesi, Avella, Ball, Bonacic, Breslin, Carlucci, DeFrancisco, Diaz, Dilan, Duane, Espaillat, Farley, Flanagan, Fuschillo, Gallivan, Gianaris, Golden, Griffo, Grisanti, Hannon, Hassell-Thomps, Johnson, Kennedy, Klein, Lanza, Larkin, LaValle, Libous, Little, Marcellino, Martins, Maziarz, McDonald, Montgomery, Nozzolio, O'Mara, Oppenheimer, Parker, Peralta, Perkins, Ranzenhofer, Ritchie, Rivera, Robach, Saland, Sampson, Savino, Serrano, Seward, Skelos, Smith, Squadron, Stavisky, Stewart-Cousin, Storobin, Valesky, Young, Zeldin
Excused (2): Huntley, Krueger

S7483-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S7483

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
authorizing the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of
Dutchess, to reside outside such town

PURPOSE:
To amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
authorizing the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of
Dutchess, to reside outside such town.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 23 of the town law to provide that the person
performing the function of comptroller in the town of Hyde Park need
not be a resident of the town.

Section 2 amends Section 3 of the public officers law to provide that
the town comptroller of the town of Hyde Park need not be a resident
of the town, provided that such person resides in the county in which
such town is located or an adjoining county within the state of New
York.

Section 3 sets forth an effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:
The position of town comptroller requires a set of unique skills and
specialized experience. As a result, it has been difficult for the
town of Hyde Park to recruit qualified individuals who maintain this
skill set within the jurisdictional boundaries.

This legislation would enable the town of Hyde Park to hire a town
comptroller who possesses the skills and experience necessary to
carry out the duties of this position. Allowing the town of Hyde Park
to choose a qualified individual from a broader pool of candidates,
without the limitation of a residency requirement, serves to benefit
the residents and taxpayers of Hyde Park.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S7483-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          7483
 I N  SENATE
 May 24, 2012
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  SALAND -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 

AN ACT to amend the town law and the public officers law, in relation to
 authorizing the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of Dutch
 ess, to reside outside such town
 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section  1. 

Section  23  of  the  town law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 25 to read as follows:

 25. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN  THE  TOWN  OF
 HYDE PARK, DUTCHESS COUNTY, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF COMP
 TROLLER  NEED  NOT  BE  AN  ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE
 PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF COMPTROLLER IN ANY OTHER  TOWN  SHALL
 BE  AN  ELECTOR OF SUCH TOWN, UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY 

AN ACT OF THE
 STATE LEGISLATURE.
 

S 2.

Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 59 to read as follows:

 59.  IN  THE  TOWN  OF  HYDE  PARK,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF DUTCHESS, THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A  RESIDENT  OF  THE
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE
 OR  SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN, OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTION IS
 REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON  FROM  HOLDING  THE
 OFFICE  OF TOWN COMPTROLLER OF THE TOWN OF HYDE PARK; PROVIDED THAT SAID
 PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY IN WHICH SUCH TOWN IS LOCATED OR AN ADJOIN
 ING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE
 PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTION IN ANY OTHER TOWN SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF
 SUCH TOWN UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
 

S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD16006-01-2

S7483-2011: Authorizes the comptroller in the town of Hyde Park, county of Dutchess, to reside outside such town