Source: https://www.ecode360.com/13276813
Timestamp: 2019-03-19 19:42:23
Document Index: 643411052

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 11', '§ 133']

Town of Amherst, NY Continuity of Government
§ 11-2 Designation of emergency interim successors.
§ 11-3 Assumption of powers and duties.
§ 11-4 Record of designations; notification of designated persons.
§ 11-5 Qualification for taking office.
§ 11-6 Suspension of quorum requirements.
§ 11-8 When effective.
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Amherst 3-18-1963. Amendments noted where applicable.]
A person designated pursuant to this chapter for possible temporary succession to the powers and duties, but not the office, of a Town officer in the event that neither such officer nor any duly authorized deputy is able, due to death, absence from the Town or other physical, mental or legal absence, to perform the powers and duties of the office.
A disaster, catastrophe or emergency, actual or imminent, of such unusual proportions or extent that a substantial number of the residents of the Town of Amherst either sustain injury, become ill, are infected with disease, have their lives imperiled, are killed or die as the result of injury, disease or exposure or the property of a substantial number of such residents is imperiled, damaged or destroyed, and it is necessary and essential in the interest of public safety, health and welfare that the continuity of the government of the Town of Amherst be assured in order that it be enabled to function properly and efficiently and to exercise its essential powers in meeting emergency conditions. Such disasters, catastrophe and emergencies may include, but shall not be limited to, conflagrations, explosions, earthquakes or other convulsions of nature, floods, tidal waves, pestilence, riots, insurrections, storms, prolonged failure of electric power or essential transportation services or any incident or occurrence which causes or threatens to cause danger to life, health or property from exposure to noxious materials or radiation.
Appointive officers. Each officer or body of officers empowered by law to appoint officers shall within the time specified in Subsection A of this section, in addition to any duly authorized deputy, designate for each such appointive officer such number of emergency interim successors to such officers and specify their rank in order of succession after any duly authorized deputy so that there will be not less than three duly authorized deputies or emergency interim successors, or combination thereof, for each such officer. Where such a body of officers consists of members having overlapping terms, such body of officers shall review and, as necessary, revise the previous designations of emergency interim successors by such Board within 30 days after a new member elected or appointed to such body of officers first enters upon the duties of his office as a member of such body of officers.
Review of designations. The incumbent, in the case of those elective officers specified in Subsection A of this section, and the appointing officer or body of officers specified in Subsection B of this section shall from time to time review and, as necessary, promptly revise the designations of emergency interim successors to ensure that at all times there are at least three duly authorized deputies or emergency interim successors, or combination thereof, for each elective and appointive officer of the Town.
Qualifications. No person shall be designated or serve as an emergency interim successor unless he is legally qualified to hold the office of the person to whose powers and duties he is designated to succeed.
Compensation. An emergency interim successor shall serve without salary unless otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution. He shall, however, be entitled to reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of his powers and duties.
If, in the event of an attack or a public disaster, an officer described in Subsection A or B of § 11-2 of this chapter or his duly authorized deputy, if any, is unable, due to death, absence from the Town or other physical, mental or legal reasons, to perform the powers and duties of the office, the emergency interim successor of such officer highest in rank in order of succession who is able to perform the powers and duties of the office shall, except for the power and duty to discharge or replace duly authorized deputies and emergency interim successors of such officer, perform the powers and duties of such officer. An emergency interim successor shall perform such powers and duties only until such time as the lawful incumbent officer or his duly authorized deputy, if any, resumes the office or undertakes the performance of the powers and duties of the office, as the case may be, or until, where an actual vacancy exists, a successor is duly elected or appointed to fill such vacancy and qualified as provided by law.
The name, address and rank in order of succession of each duly authorized deputy and emergency interim successor shall be filed with the Town Clerk, and each designation, replacement or change in order of succession of any emergency interim successor shall become effective when the designator files with such Clerk the successor's name, address and rank in order of succession. Such Clerk shall keep an up-to-date file of all such data regarding duly authorized deputies and emergency interim successors, and same shall be open to public inspection. The Clerk shall notify, in writing, each designated person of the filing of his name as an emergency interim successor and his rank in order of succession and also shall notify, in writing, any person previously designated who is replaced or whose place in order of succession is changed.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of this chapter shall be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder thereof but shall be confined in its operation to the section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
This chapter shall take effect upon its adoption, its publication and posting as prescribed by § 133 of the Town Law and the filing of one certified copy thereof with the Town Clerk, one certified copy in the office of the State Comptroller and three certified copies in the office of the Secretary of State.