In order to ensure that the office of Town Comptroller
is filled by a professional of excellent ability and competency, it
is important to draw candidates from as large an area as possible.
The fact that the Comptroller is or is not an elector of the town
will not affect the performance of his duties and the attainment of
the ultimate goals of professionalizing town management, increasing
efficiency and decreasing costs to taxpayers.
Notwithstanding any provision of any special,
general or local law to the contrary, the Comptroller of the Town
of Yorktown need not be a resident of the Town of Yorktown, however
he shall be a resident of the State of New York.
This article is intended to supersede the provisions
contained in § 3 of the Public Officers Law of the State
of New York and § 23 of the Town Law of the State of New
York otherwise requiring the Town Comptroller to be a resident/elector
of the town.