[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Owasco
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 3-9-2017 by L.L. No. 1-2017]
The term of office of Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and Town Highway
Superintendent of the Town of Owasco shall be four official years,
commencing with the 2019 election, with the terms office commencing
on January 1, 2020.
This section is adopted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law
§ 10, Subdivision 1(ii)a(1), that provides that local governments,
including towns, are authorized to enact local laws regulating the
terms of office of their officers and employees so long as those laws
are consistent with the Constitution and general state law; and Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10, Subdivision 1(ii)d(3), which provides
that a town generally may amend or supersede in its application to
the town any provision of the Town Law relating to matters that may
be the subject of a local law under the authority of Municipal Home
Rule Law § 10.
This chapter shall supersede Town Law § 24 in its
application to the offices of Town Supervisor, Town Clerk and Town
Highway Superintendent for the Town of Owasco and is enacted pursuant
to Town Law § 24-a, Subdivision 1.
This chapter, if adopted, will be subject to a mandatory referendum
to be held at the November 2017 general election.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: This chapter was approved at referendum
11-7-2017.
This chapter will take effect immediately on filing with the
New York State Secretary of State.
