[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Cornwall as indicated
in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 8-14-1995 by L.L. No. 1-1995]
As used herein, the following terms shall have the definitions indicated:
The Police Department of the Town of Cornwall, except the Chief of
Police of the Town of Cornwall.
The Town of Cornwall.
The Town Board of the Town of Cornwall.
[Amended 1-12-1998 by L.L. No. 1-1998; 2-12-2001
by L.L. No. 1-2001]
The provisions of § 151 of the Town Law of the State of New
York are hereby superseded by the Town Board exercising the powers granted
to it in the Municipal Home Rule Law. The following provisions shall apply
to all full-time and part-time members of the Police Department who are members
of the Police Department as of the effective date of this section:
A.Â
No person shall be eligible for appointment or reappointment
to the Police Department or continue as a member thereof who shall not be
a citizen of the United States, who has been convicted of a felony, who shall
be unable to read and write understandably the English language or who shall
not reside in the State of New York and in a residence within the following
counties: Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Putnam, Rockland or Westchester,
except that any such full-time or part-time member of the Police Department
may continue to reside in his or her present residence as set forth in the
records of the Police Department on the effective date of this section, provided
that if such full-time or part-time member of the Police Department relocates
to another residence, that new residence must be within one of the aforementioned
counties.
