A 766: Makes the position of town comptroller an elected position in towns having a population of five hundred thousand persons or more; provides for a four-year term.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 766 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to making the town comptroller position an elected position in certain towns The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The town law is amended by adding a new section 34-a to 2 read as follows: 3 § 34-a. Election of the town comptroller in towns having a population 4 of five hundred thousand persons or more. Notwithstanding the 5 provisions of section thirty-four of this article or any other general 6 or special law, the position of town comptroller of towns having a popu- 7 lation of five hundred thousand persons or more shall be filled by a 8 vote of the eligible voters of the town at the first biennial town 9 election held after the effective date of this section. The comptroller 10 shall be elected for a four-year term. 11 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00352-01-5