[Adopted 7-9-1998 by L.L. No. 2-1998]
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the
Municipal Home Rule of the State of New York.
The elected positions of Town Clerk and Town Tax Collector for the Town
of Copake are hereby consolidated into one elected office to be known as the
Town Clerk/Tax Collector of the Town of Copake.
This chapter is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and shall
be submitted for approval of the qualified voters of the Town of Copake at
the biennial town election to be held on November 3, 1998. A proposition shall
be included on the ballot at such biennial town election, and the consolidation
of said elective offices shall not take effect unless such proposition is
approved by a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon.
This chapter shall supersede § 20, Subdivision 1, Paragraph
(b), of the Town Law relating to the elective offices of Town Clerk and Town
Tax Collector for the Town of Copake.