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Consolidates the village of Woodbury and town of Woodbury
In Assembly Committee · Local Governments · Sponsor James Skoufis
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3747
Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to consolidating the village of Woodbury with the town of Woodbury
Purpose
Consolidates the village of Woodbury and the town of Woodbury.
Summary of provisions
Section 1: Section 792 and 793 of the general municipal law are renum- bered section 793 and 794 and a new section 792 is added.
New section 792 will consolidate the village of Woodbury and the town of Woodbury. Notwithstanding and other provision of this article or article two of the village law, the village of Woodbury and the town of Wood- bury, New York, may form a consolidated local government entity by a joint consolidation agreement in accordance with the provisions of this article, except that the new governmental entity to survive shall be the town (including the existing incorporated village of Harriman) and such town shall have all of the powers, duties and obligations of a govern- ment under town law, but shall not be eligible for the formation of any additional villages within its limits. The new governmental entity to survive shall be governed initially by then-existing town of Woodbury supervisor and town of Woodbury town board members.
Section 4: Enacting Clause
Justification
This legislation was requested by the Village of Woodbury. At the pres- ent time there are numerous, costly duplicate services within the Village. A coterminous Village/Town is the goal of this legislation creating significant savings for both entities.
Legislative history
S.4223 of 2011-2012 S.7102-A of 2010
Fiscal implications
None to the state.
Effective date
Immediate.
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