[Adopted 2-24-1987 by L.L. No. 19-1987, effective 3-3-1987[1]]
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Editor's Note: This local law also repealed former Article II, Time for Holding Elections, adopted 10-25-1966 by L.L. No. 15-1966.
The first paragraph of Subdivision 4 of § 81 of the Town Law of the State of New York, as amended, hereby is amended in its application to the Town of Hempstead to read as follows:
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Such petition shall be subscribed and authenticated no earlier than 150 days prior to the filing of said petition with the Town Clerk in the manner provided by the election law for the subscription and authentication of nominating petitions, by qualified electors of the town registered to vote therein, in number equal to at least 5% of the total votes cast for Governor in said town at the last general election held for the election of state officers, but such number shall not be less than 100. If such a petition be filed in the office of the Town Clerk in a calendar year that a biennial town election is scheduled, but not less than 120 days prior to such election, the proposition shall be submitted at such biennial election. If a petition be presented at any other time, a special election shall be called to be held not less than 120 days nor more than 180 days after the filing of such petition.
If any section, provision or part thereof in this Article shall be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, then such adjudication shall not affect the validity of the Article as a whole, or any section, provision or part thereof not so adjudged invalid or unconstitutional.
This Article shall be known as "A Local Law To Amend the Town Law in Relation to the Time of Holding an Election Upon Proposition in the Town of Hempstead" and shall go into effect immediately upon filing with the Secretary of State.