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S 1443: Authorizes the town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Allegany, to be a nonresident of such town.
What S 1443 does, verified June 17, 2026
The bill aims to amend the Town Law and the Public Officers Law in New York State. The Town Justice in the Town of Rushford, County of Allegany, does not need to be an elector of the town. This provision applies only to the Town of Rushford and not to other towns. In other towns, the Town Justice must be an elector of that town. The bill also clarifies that a person can hold the office of Town Justice in a town that is in the County of Allegany, even if they are not a resident of that town.
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Last action: returned to senate (2026-06-05)Alert me
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| Jun. 05, 2026 | returned to senate |
| Jun. 05, 2026 | passed assembly |
| Jun. 05, 2026 | ordered to third reading rules cal.537 |
| Jun. 05, 2026 | substituted for a7250a |
| Jun. 02, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 9, 2025 · 362 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1443 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- 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 town justice of the town of Rushford, county of Alle- gany, to be a nonresident of such town 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 37 to read as follows: 3 37. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision one of this section, 4 in the town of Rushford, in the county of Allegany, the person perform- 5 ing the function of town justice, need not be an elector of such town. 6 Provided, however, the person performing the function of town justice in 7 any other town shall be an elector of such town, unless otherwise 8 provided by an act of the state legislature. 9 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 10 subdivision 76 to read as follows: 11 76. In the town of Rushford, in the county of Allegany, the provisions 12 of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political 13 subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person 14 shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are 15 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 16 office of town justice of the town of Rushford; provided that such 17 person resides in a town which is in the county of Allegany. Provided, 18 however, the person performing the function of town justice in any other 19 town shall be a resident of such town, unless otherwise provided by law. 20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04494-01-5
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