It is the purpose of this chapter to modify the requirements of § 23 of the Town Law and § 3 of the Public Officers Law, which sections require that certain elected and appointed officers be residents and electors within the Town by enacting Chapter
40 of the Town Code entitled "Residency Requirements" to set forth the residency requirements of certain Town Officers as set forth herein.
This chapter was adopted pursuant to the state Municipal Home
Rule Law. This chapter is intended to and shall supersede the state
Public Officers Law § 3, Town Law § 23 and any
other special law to the extent such law may require that the officers
listed herein reside within the Town of Stony Point.
This chapter is enacted pursuant to the provisions of § 10
of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
"A local law to amend residency requirements for certain officers
of the Town of Stony Point."
In the Town of Stony Point, Rockland County, the provisions
of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political
subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which she shall
be chosen or within which her official functions are required to be
exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the appointed or
elected office of:
A. Deputy Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Stony Point, provided that
such person resides within the County of Rockland, State of New York.
B. Building Inspector of the Town of Stony Point, provided that such
person resides within the County of Rockland, or within a county adjoining
the County of Rockland, in the State of New York.
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No. 2-2020]
C. Deputy Building Inspector of the Town of Stony Point, provided that
such person resides within the County of Rockland, or within a county
adjoining the County of Rockland, in the State of New York.
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No. 2-2020]
D. Assistant Building Inspector of the Town of Stony Point, provided
that such person resides within the County of Rockland, or within
a county adjoining the County of Rockland, in the State of New York.
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No. 2-2020]
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, word, section or part of
this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction
to be unconstitutional, illegal or invalid, such judgment shall not
affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder, thereof, but shall be
confined in its operation of the clause, sentence, paragraph, worked
section or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which
such judgment shall have been rendered.
This chapter shall take effect upon filing with the State of
New York.