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:
"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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This article shall supersede Town Law § 24 relating
to the terms of office of the Town Superintendent of Highways of the
Town of Riverhead.