[Adopted 6-11-1996 by L.L. No. 7-1996[1]]
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Editor's Note: This local law was passed at
referendum 11-5-1996.
This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions
of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
The term of office of the elected Town Clerk shall be four years. Such four-year term shall commence as of the first day of January 1997 and shall apply to the person elected to such office at the general Town election to be held on November 5, 1996, and to those elected thereafter, provided that a proposition submitted pursuant to § 64-4 below is approved.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory
referendum and shall be submitted for approval of the qualified voters
of the Town of Wales at the general Town election to be held on November
5, 1996. A proposition in the following form shall be included on
the ballot at such general Town election, and the increased term of
office shall not take effect unless such proposition is approved by
a majority vote of the qualified voters voting thereon:
"Shall Local Law No. 7-1996, entitled 'A Local
Law increasing the Term of Office of the Town Clerk of the Town of
Wales from Two to Four Years,' be approved?"
This article shall supersede Town Law § 24
relating to the term of office for the Town Clerk of the Town of Wales.
