[Adopted 6-5-2007 by L.L. No. 35-2007 (Ch. 26, Art. I, of
the 1976 Code)]
This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal
Home Rule Law of the State of New York.
The term of office of the elected Town Clerk shall be four years.
Such four-year term shall commence as of the first day of January
following the first biennial Town election after the effective date
of this article. The four-year term provided by this section shall
also apply to the person elected to such office at the same biennial
election at which the four-year term provided by this article is approved.
This article is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and
shall be submitted for approval of the qualified voters of the Town
of Riverhead at the biennial Town election to be held November 6,
2007. A proposition in the following form shall be included on the
ballot at such biennial Town election, and the increased term of office
shall not take effect unless such proposition is approved by a majority
vote of the qualified voters voting thereon:[1]
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"Shall Local Law No. __________ of the year 2007, entitled 'A
Local Law Increasing the Term of Office of Town Clerk from Two to
Four Years,' be approved?"
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Editor's Note: This article passed at referendum 11-6-2007.
This article shall supersede Town Law § 24, relating
to the term of office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Riverhead.
