[Added 3-29-2012 by L.L. No. 8-2012, effective 4-19-2012
This article is enacted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law §§ 10(1)(ii)(a)(1) and 10(1)(ii)(d)(3) and is intended to supersede Town Law § 23(1), Public Officers Law § 3(1), and any previously enacted provisions dealing with residency of Town officers and commissioners and deputy commissioners contained within this Town Code.
A. 
Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of any state or local law heretofore enacted, every officer of the Town of Brookhaven shall be at the time of her or his appointment and throughout that term of office an elector and resident of the County of Suffolk or the County of Nassau.
B. 
This shall not apply to an elected official, or her or his deputies, who must be an elector and resident of the Town of Brookhaven at the time of her or his election or appointment and throughout that term of office.