A. 
Village Law § 300 is amended and superseded in its application to the Village of Horseheads to provide that the persons appointed to the following offices for the Village of Horseheads, at the time of such person's appointment and throughout such person's term of office, need not be an elector of the Village of Horseheads so long as such person is a resident of New York State and a resident of Chemung County or any county contiguous to Chemung County: Village Manager, Clerk-Treasurer, Deputy Clerk, Deputy Treasurer, Code Enforcement Officer, Building Inspector, Court Clerk, Chief of Police, Master Mechanic and Fire Inspector, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of Public Works, and Water System Operator.
B. 
A new sentence is hereby inserted at the end of Village Law § 300 to read and provide as follows: "The persons appointed to the following offices for the Village of Horseheads, at the time of such person's appointment and throughout such person's term of office, need not be an elector of the Village of Horseheads so long as such person is a resident of New York State and a resident of Chemung County or any county contiguous to Chemung County: Village Manager, Clerk-Treasurer, Deputy Clerk, Deputy Treasurer, Code Enforcement Officer, Building Inspector, Court Clerk, Chief of Police, Master Mechanic and Fire Inspector, Director of Parks and Recreation, Director of Public Works, and Water System Operator."