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 2000 and shall apply to the person elected to such office at the biennial Town election to be held on November 2, 1999, and to those elected thereafter, provided that a proposition submitted pursuant to §
34-7 below is approved.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and
shall be submitted for the approval of the qualified voters of the
Town of Hartland at the biennial Town election to be held on November
2, 1999. A proposition in the following form shall be included on
the ballot at such biennial 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 the local law of the Town of Hartland entitled 'A Local
Law Increasing the Term of Office of Town Clerk 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 Hartland.