What's happening
This bill allows Airmont to hire building, fire, and code inspectors who live in Rockland or neighboring counties.
Why it matters
Expands the pool of qualified candidates. for building, fire, and code inspector jobs in Airmont, potentially leading to better enforcement and higher professional standards, since the village can now hire from a wider geographic area.
Legalizes and retroactively approves prior hires. who did not meet the old residency requirements, protecting the village and current inspectors from possible legal challenges or employment disputes.
Maintains local accountability for other villages. by keeping the residency requirement in place elsewhere, making this a unique exception rather than a statewide change, and signaling the state legislature's control over such exceptions.
Could help address staffing shortages. in key public safety and regulatory roles, which may have been difficult to fill due to the previous restriction that inspectors had to live within village boundaries.
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Let Inspectors Live Nearby
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Signed chap.503
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 62–0
- 3rd reading cal.1499
- Substituted for S4112
- Referred to local government
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Advanced to third reading cal.146
- Reported
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
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Allow Inspectors to Live Nearby
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor David Carlucci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5955
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation to permitting building inspectors, fire inspectors and code enforcement officers of the village of Airmont to live within Rockland county or adjoining counties
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The village of Airmont, Rockland county, has employed individuals that reside outside of the political subdivision or municipal corporation as building inspector, fire inspector, and code enforcement officer in violation of section 3 of the public officers law and section 3-300 of the village law. Notwithstanding this defect, the employment of such individuals as building inspector, fire inspector, and code enforcement officer is hereby validated, legalized, ratified and confirmed, notwithstanding the absence of prior legislative approval.
§ 2. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new subdivision 29 to read as follows:
29. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or any other general law, local law, ordinance, or special act, the village board of trustees of the incorporated village of Airmont, Rockland county, may, by resolution, provide that the office of building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement officers of such village may be held by a person who is not a resident of such village, provided that such person resides within Rockland county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
§ 3. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new subdivision 68 to read as follows:
68. In the village of Airmont, in the county of Rockland, 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
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or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement officers of the village of Airmont, provided that such person resides within Rockland county or an adjoining county within the state of New York. Provided, however, the person performing the functions of building inspector, fire inspector and code enforcement officers in any other village shall be a resident of such village unless otherwise provided by an act of the state legislature.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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