[Adopted 12-22-1997 by L.L. No. 5-1997]
[Amended 1-28-2002 by L.L. No. 3-2002; 6-28-2004 by L.L. No.
2-2004; 1-30-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
The provisions of §§ 20 and 23
of the Town Law and § 3 of the Public Officers Law or any
other provisional law requiring a person to be a resident of a political
subdivision or a municipal corporation of the state for which he or
she shall be chosen or within his or her official functions are required
to be exercised are waived to the extent that such provision shall
not prevent a person duly licensed as an attorney at law in the State
of New York from holding office as Town Attorney, provided that said
person is a resident of Dutchess County or maintains an office for
the practice of law within the County of Dutchess and so long as all
other qualifications contained in §§ 20 and 23 of the
Town Law and § 3 of the Public Officers Law are satisfied
by the appointee of such office. This amendment is pursuant to Municipal
Home Rule Law § 10, Subdivision 1(ii)d(3), 1(ii)a(12) and
1(ii)a(14), and does supersede the provisions of §§ 20
and 23 of the Town Law and § 3 of the Public Officers Law
and any other law inconsistent with the a provisions hereof.
The Town Attorney shall be compensated by a
fixed salary.
