Town of Milan, NY Chapter 17 Clerk

[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Milan as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]

Article I Term of Office

[Adopted 4-9-2001 by L.L. No. 1-2001]

§ 17-1 Statutory authority.

This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York.

§ 17-2 Increase in term of office.

Pursuant to the provisions of § 24-a of the Town Law of the State of New York, the term of office of the elected Town Clerk of the Town of Milan, Dutchess County, New York, shall be four years. Such four-year term shall commence as of the first day of January 2002 and shall apply to the person elected to such office at the biennial Town election to be held on November 6, 2001, and to those elected thereafter, provided a proposition submitted pursuant to § 17-3 below is approved.

§ 17-3 Effective upon mandatory referendum.

This article is adopted subject to a mandatory referendum and shall be submitted for approval of the qualified voters of the Town of Milan at the biennial Town election to be held on November 6, 2001.[1] 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. 1, 2001, entitled "A Local Law Increasing the Term of Office of the Town Clerk from Two to Four Years" be approved?

[1] Editor's Note: Local Law No. 1-2001 was approved at said election.

§ 17-4 Supersession.

This article shall supersede Town Law § 24, relating to the term of office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Milan.