[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees
of the Village of Clayton 10-14-1996 by L.L. No. 3-1996. Amendments noted where
applicable.]
This chapter is adopted pursuant to the provisions
of § 10 of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New
York and § 3-300 of the Village Law of the State of New
York.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
the contrary, a person shall be eligible to be appointed to hold any
Village office within the Village of Clayton, other than the office
of Mayor or Trustee, if such person is a citizen of the
United States, at least 18 years of age and a resident of the County
of Jefferson and, if eligibility to or holding of such office is subject
to regulation under the Civil Service Law or any other law, meets
the requirements of such law or laws.
This chapter shall supersede Village Law § 3-300,
Subdivision 2, to the extent such statute establishes eligibility
for appointive offices within the Village of Clayton, other than the
office of Mayor, Trustee or member of a board or commission, contingent
upon residency within the jurisdiction limits of the Village of Clayton.
