The Board of Trustees finds that the residency requirements for Village officers set forth in Public Officers Law § 3(1) and Village Law §§ 3-300(1) and (2) are overly restrictive, and often prevent the selection and retention of the best-qualified candidates. In order to ensure that the Village has access to the best-qualified applicants for appointive positions, especially those requiring a specialized background and expertise in a particular field, Chapter
26 is amended by this article, which changes the Village residency requirement for certain Village officials imposed by Public Officers Law §§ 3(1), 30(1) (d), and Village Law §§ 3-300(1) and (2).
This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Municipal
Home Rule Law §§ 10 (1)(i), (ii)(a)(1) and 22(1). The
provisions of this article are intended to and shall supersede Public
Officers Law §§ 3(1) and 30(1)(d), Village Law §§ 3-300(1)
and (2), and any other state, county or Village law that is inconsistent
with the provisions of this article.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, provision or section of
this article is adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be
invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the
remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause,
sentence, paragraph, provision or section directly involved in the
controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.