This article is entitled "A local law to establish the residency
requirements for the appointed office of Deputy Town Clerk and/or
Deputy Tax Receiver."
This article is adopted pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law
§ 10[1](i) and [ii][a](1) that grants to local governments
the authority to enact local laws regarding the qualifications of
local officers. Furthermore, this article recognizes that the State
Legislature has made numerous amendments to Public Officers Law § 3
and Town Law § 23 expanding the residency requirements for
various appointed public officers and officials in towns within the
State of New York, thereby rendering Public Officers Law § 3
and Town Law § 23 special laws with respect to any appointed
town officer [See cf N.Y. Ops. Atty. Gen. (Inf.) No. 2000-5.]
This article shall supersede any provisions of Town Law §§ 20
and 23 in their application to the office(s) of Deputy Town Clerk
and/or Deputy Tax Receiver for the Town of Webster.
The person holding the office of Deputy Town Clerk and/or Deputy
Tax Receiver in the Town of Webster need not be a resident nor an
elector of the Town of Webster; provided, however, that such person
shall reside in the county in which such town is located or an adjoining
county within the State of New York.