S 7853: Permits the village of Croton-on-Hudson to allow the office of assistant village engineer of such village to be held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such person resides within Westchester county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7853 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 9, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 qualifications to hold the position of assistant village engineer in the village of Croton-on-Hudson The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new 2 subdivision 36 to read as follows: 3 36. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other chap- 4 ter, general law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village 5 board of trustees of the village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester coun- 6 ty, may, by resolution, provide that the office of assistant village 7 engineer of such village may be held by a person who is not a resident 8 of such village, provided that such person resides within Westchester 9 county or an adjoining county within the state of New York. 10 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new 11 subdivision 76 to read as follows: 12 76. In the village of Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester county, the 13 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 14 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which 15 they shall be chosen or within which their official functions are 16 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 17 office of assistant village engineer, provided that such person resides 18 within Westchester county or an adjoining county within the state of New 19 York. Provided, however that persons performing the functions of such 20 appointed positions in any other municipality shall be a resident of 21 such municipality unless otherwise provided by an act of the state 22 legislature. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11961-01-5