[Adopted 9-16-2003 by L.L. No. 2-2003]
This article is enacted pursuant to the authority
of Chapter 365 of the Laws of 1976 which added a new subparagraph
(3) to paragraph d of subdivision 1 of § 10 of the Municipal
Home Rule Law authorizing towns to adopt a local law which may amend
or supersede any provision of the Town Law in relation to the property,
affairs or government of the Town or in relation to any of the other
enumerated subject matters in such § 10, unless there is
a state legislative restriction on such amendment or supersession.
Section 23 of the Town Law is hereby amended
and superseded in its application to the Town of Maine to provide
that the Dog Control Officer of the Town of Maine and the Deputy Dog
Control Officer of the Town of Maine, at the time of their respective
appointments and throughout their respective terms of office, need
not be electors of the Town of Maine so long as they are residents
of the County of Broome of the State of New York or County of Tioga
of the State of New York. Two new sentences are hereby inserted at
the end of § 23 of the Town Law to read and provide as follows:
"The Dog Control Officer of the Town of Maine, at the time of his
appointment and throughout his term of office, need not be an elector
of the Town of Maine so long as he is a resident of the County of
Broome of the State of New York or the County of Tioga of the State
of New York. The Deputy Dog Control Officer of the Town of Maine,
at the time of his appointment and throughout his term of office,
need not be an elector of the Town of Maine so long as he is a resident
of the County of Broome of the State of New York or the County of
Tioga of the State of New York."
