Exempts persons holding the office of clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk in the village of Baxter Estates from the requirement that such person 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 functions are required to be exercised.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8619
SPONSOR: Norber TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Permits the clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk of the village of Baxter
Estates to live in Nassau county or an adjacent and adjoin county in the
state of New York.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Amends the Village Law to Permit the clerk-treasurer or deputy
clerk of the village of Baxter Estates to live in Nassau county or an
adjacent and adjoin county in the state of New York.
Section 2 Amends the Public Officers Law to Permit the clerk-treasurer
or deputy clerk of the village of Baxter Estates to live in Nassau coun-
ty or an adjacent and adjoin county in the state of New York.
Section 3 consists of the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
The Village of Baxter Estates is seeking to amend the Village Law and.
Public Officers Law regarding residency requirements for the positions
of Clerk-Treasurer and Deputy Clerk due to the increasing affordability
challenges facing countless New Yorkers. As living costs continue to
rise, it has become more difficult for staff members to reside in the
Village, limiting the Village's ability to retain dedicated employees
and recruit qualified candidates. By modifying these residency require-
ments, the Village would be able to support economic fairness, allowing
employees to live in more affordable communities while maintaining their
commitment to the Village, and expand the pool of potential candidates
for future positions. This bill would ensure that the Village has the
ability to attract and retain top talent.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Law
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Negligible
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8619
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 22, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. NORBER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
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:
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 gener-
4 al law, local law, ordinance or special act, the village board of trus-
5 tees of the incorporated village of Baxter Estates, Nassau county, may,
6 by resolution, provide that the office of village clerk-treasurer or
7 deputy clerk of such village may be held by a person who is not a resi-
8 dent of such village, provided that such person resides in the county of
9 Nassau or in 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 Baxter Estates, in the county of Nassau, 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 such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official func-
16 tions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent such person from
17 holding the office of village clerk-treasurer or deputy clerk of the
18 village of Baxter Estates, provided that such person resides in Nassau
19 county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; provided,
20 however, any person performing such functions of village clerk-treasurer
21 or deputy clerk in any other village shall be a resident of such
22 village, unless otherwise provided by law.
23 § 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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