 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6595
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      June 17, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to amend the village law, in relation  to  the  population  of  a
          village
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision 1 of section 2-200  of
     2  the village law is amended to read as follows:
     3    A  territory  containing  a  population of at least [five hundred] one
     4  thousand persons who are regular  inhabitants  thereof,  as  hereinafter
     5  defined,  may  be  incorporated as a village under this chapter provided
     6  such territory does not include a part of a city or village and  further
     7  provided the limits of such territory:
     8    §  2.  Subparagraph 3 of paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 2-202
     9  of the village law is amended to read as follows:
    10    (3) An allegation that such territory  contains  a  population  of  at
    11  least [five hundred] one thousand regular inhabitants.
    12    §  3. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section 2-206 of the village law
    13  is amended to read as follows:
    14    f. That such territory does not contain a population of at least [five
    15  hundred] one thousand regular inhabitants;
    16    § 4. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    17  petitions that have not reached final disposition under the provision of
    18  article 2 of the village law prior to the effective date of this act.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13427-02-9
Relates to the population of a village

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