[Adopted 6-2-2009 by L.L. No. 59-2009 (Ch. 26, Art. II, 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 Superintendent of Highways 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 approval of the qualified voters of the Town of Riverhead at the biennial Town election to be held November 3, 2009. 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]
"Shall Local Law No. _____ of the year 2009, entitled 'A Local Law Increasing the Term of Office of the Town Superintendent of Highways from Two to Four Years,' be approved?"
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Editor's Note: This article passed at referendum 11-3-2009.
This article shall supersede Town Law § 24 relating to the terms of office of the Town Superintendent of Highways of the Town of Riverhead.