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A4767Assembly2019-2020 SessionSame asS2927

Allow Nonresident Tax Receiver

Official title

“Authorizes a person to hold the office of receiver of taxes in the town of North Castle while living outside of such municipality”

Sponsor David BuchwaldAD-93
Status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Companion signed

Bill progress

Signed via S2927

What's happening

This bill allows the receiver of taxes in North Castle to reside outside the town but within Westchester or neighboring counties.

Why it matters

  1. Expands the pool of eligible candidates. for the receiver of taxes position by allowing individuals who live outside North Castle—but within Westchester County or any bordering county—to serve, potentially improving the quality or diversity of applicants.

  2. Could address recruitment or staffing challenges. the town may face if there are too few qualified or willing residents to fill the role, helping to ensure that the position is not left vacant or filled by less qualified individuals.

  3. Aligns residency rules for the receiver of taxes with those for other key town officials. (like the town engineer and building inspector), reflecting a broader policy shift toward regional flexibility in hiring for specialized or technical municipal positions.

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Allow Nonresident Tax Receiver

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
David Buchwald

Assembly Member · Assembly District 93

No co-sponsors yet.

History

  1. Substituted by S2927
  2. Advanced to third reading cal.507
  3. Reported
  4. Referred to governmental operations

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S2927Senate

Allow Nonresident Tax Receiver

Signed by Governor · Sponsor Shelley Mayer

Impact 3 · LowSigned into law

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

4767

2019-2020 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

February 5, 2019

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing a person to hold the office of receiver of taxes in the town of North Castle while living outside of such municipality

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Subdivision 15 of section 3 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 238 of the laws of 2001, is amended to read as follows:

15. In the town of North Castle, Westchester county, the provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he shall be chosen or within which his official functions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of town engineer [or], the office of town building inspector or the office of receiver of taxes of the town of North Castle, provided that such person resides in the county in which such town is located or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD07427-01-9

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