The provisions of §§ 20 and 23 of the
Town Law and § 3 of the Public Officers Law or any other provisional
law requiring a person to be a resident of a political subdivision or a municipal
corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within his
or her official functions are required to be exercised are waived to the extent
that such provision shall not prevent a person duly licensed as an attorney-at-law
in the State of New York from holding office as Town Attorney, provided that
said person is a resident of the County of Dutchess or maintains an office
for the practice of law within the County of Dutchess and so long as all other
qualifications contained in §§ 20 and 23 of the Town Law and
§ 3 of the Public Officers Law are satisfied by the appointee of
such office.
This amendment is pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law
§ 10, Subdivision 1 (ii)d(3), 1(ii)a(12) and 1 (ii)a(14), and does
supersede the provisions of §§ 20 and 23 of the Town Law and
§ 3 of the Public Officers Law and any other law inconsistent with
the provisions hereof.
The Town Attorney shall be compensated by a fixed salary.