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NY Tax L § 2024 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 40 - Division of Tax Appeals 2024 - Traveling Expenses.

§ 2024. Traveling expenses. The reasonable and necessary traveling and   other    expenses    of   the   commissioners,   officers,   assistants,   administrative law judges and other employees of  the  division  of  tax   appeals,  while  actually  engaged  in  the performance of their duties,   outside  of  the  city  of  Albany,  or  if  such  officer,   assistant,   administrative  law  judge  or  employee  be  in  charge  of or actually   employed at a  branch  office  of  the  division  of  tax  appeals,  the   reasonable  and  necessary  traveling  and other expenses outside of the   place in  which  such  branch  office  is  located,  and  the  necessary   traveling  expenses  incurred  in the performance of their duties in the   place in which their duties are performed of such officers,  assistants,   administrative  law  judges and employees as are specifically authorized   by order of the president of the tax appeals  tribunal,  shall  be  paid   upon  the  order  of  the  comptroller  upon  vouchers  approved  by the   president of the tax appeals tribunal.
NY Tax L § 2026 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TAX - Tax Article 40 - Division of Tax Appeals 2026 - Construction.

§  2026.  Construction.  Whenever  the  terms  "state tax commission",   "state tax commissioners" or "tax commissioner" occur in this chapter or   in any law where reference is made to such commission,  commissioner  or   commissioners  in  relation  to the administration of the administrative   hearing process, as such process is  described  in  this  article,  such   terms shall be deemed to refer to the division of tax appeals or the tax   appeals  tribunal and in all other instances shall be deemed to refer to   the division of taxation or the commissioner of taxation and finance.
NY Town L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 1 - Short Title.

Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "town law."
NY Town L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 2 - Definition of Town.

§  2. Definition of town. A town is a municipal corporation comprising   the inhabitants within its boundaries, and formed  for  the  purpose  of   exercising  such  powers and discharging such duties of local government   and administration of public affairs as have been, or, may be  conferred   or imposed upon it by law.
NY Town L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 2 - Classification of Towns 10 - Classification of Towns.

§  10.  Classification  of  towns.  Towns  are  divided  into  classes   according to population, as shown by the latest federal or state  census   or enumeration, as follows:First  class.  Towns  containing a population of ten thousand or more,   excepting towns in Broome and Suffolk counties, and excepting  also  the   town  of Potsdam in St. Lawrence county and the town of Ulster in Ulster   county, and such other towns as may determine to  become  towns  of  the   first  class  pursuant  to the provisions of this article. Every town in   the county of Westchester shall be a town of the first class.Second class. Towns containing a population of less than ten thousand,   excepting towns in Westchester county  and  such  towns  as  shall  have   determined to become towns of the first class pursuant to the provisions   of  this  article.  Every town in the counties of Suffolk and Broome and   the town of Potsdam in the county of St. Lawrence and the town of Ulster   in Ulster county shall be a town of the second class.
NY Town L § 22-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 22-B - Chairman of Assessors; Designation; Duties and Compensation.

§  22-b.  Chairman of assessors; designation; duties and compensation.   The town board of any town having more than one assessor  may  establish   the  office  of  chairman  of town assessors and at its first meeting in   each year designate one of such assessors to be chairman until the first   day of January next succeeding such designation. The  chairman  of  town   assessors,  in  addition  to  his  regular  duties,  shall  perform such   services in connection with the assessment and taxation of property  for   state, county and town purposes as the town board shall direct. The town   board  shall  fix  the compensation of the person designated chairman of   town assessors for all services rendered  to  the  town,  both  as  town   assessor and as chairman.
NY Town L § 22-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 22-C - Election and Term of Assessors in the Town of Southampton, County of Suffolk.

§  22-c.  Election  and  term of assessors in the town of Southampton,   county of  Suffolk.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general,   special  or local law, the town board of the town of Southampton, county   of Suffolk, may by resolution subject to a permissive referendum, direct   that at the first biennial town  election  held  after  this  act  takes   effect,  there  shall be elected three town assessors for a term of four   years and two town assessors for a term of two years each  to  begin  on   the first day of January next succeeding such election. If no referendum   be  demanded  or if a proposition therefor be adopted by referendum, the   assessors of such town shall be elected at such election in  the  manner   set  forth herein. Thereafter, each assessor shall be elected for a four   year term.
NY Town L § 23-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 23-A - Residence Requirement for Comptroller of the Town of Cortlandt.

*  §  23-a.  Residence  requirement  for  comptroller  of  the town of   Cortlandt. Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter or  any  other   special,  general  or  local  law to the contrary, the town board of the   town of Cortlandt in Westchester county,  may,  by  resolution,  provide   that  the comptroller of the town of Cortlandt need not be a resident of   said town, however he shall be a resident of New York state.* NB Expired December 31, 1979
NY Town L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 24 - Terms of Office.

§  24.  Terms  of  office.  All  elective  officers  other  than  town   councilmen, town justices, receivers of taxes and assessors  shall  hold   their  respective offices for two years. The terms of office of the town   councilmen first elected after this chapter shall take effect and of the   town councilmen first elected in a town which  shall  have  changed  its   classification from that of a town of the second class to that of a town   of  the first class, shall be two years each for two town councilmen and   four years each for two town councilmen, and thereafter at each biennial   town election there shall be elected two town councilmen  for  terms  of   four years each.The  terms  of  office  of the town justices and elective receivers of   taxes and assessments shall be four years. The term  of  office  of  the   assessor  shall  be  six  years,  unless  the  town  retains  a board of   assessors, in which case the term for each shall be four years  with  no   more  than  two  assessors  to be elected at any biennial election after   December thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-one  except  when  the   unexpired  balance of term is being filled in which case three assessors   may be elected; when appointed, the term of office shall be as  provided   by  section  three hundred ten of the real property tax law. The term of   each elective officer shall begin on  the  first  day  of  January  next   succeeding  the  election  at  which he was elected. The town clerk, the   town superintendent of highways, the receiver of taxes and  assessments,   the  town engineer and the town attorney, whenever appointed, shall hold   their respective offices until the first day of January next  succeeding   the   first  biennial  town  election  held  after  the  time  of  their   appointment. All other appointed officers and employees shall hold their   respective offices and positions at the  pleasure  of  the  town  board,   except as otherwise provided by law.
NY Town L § 24-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 24-A - Terms of Office of Elective Officers.

§  24-a. Terms of office of elective officers. 1.  Notwithstanding the   provisions of section twenty-four of this chapter or any  other  general   law,  and  at  least  one  hundred fifty days prior to any biennial town   election, the town board of any town may adopt a resolution  to  provide   that  the  term  of  office  of  each  and  any  elective  town official   thereafter elected shall be four years, and  such  resolution  shall  be   submitted  to  the  qualified electors of the town for their approval or   disapproval at the next biennial town election. No such resolution shall   become effective until approved by the affirmative vote of the  majority   of  the  qualified  electors of the town voting on such proposition. The   submission of such proposition shall be as provided in article seven  of   this chapter for a referendum thereunder in like manner as if a petition   therefor  had  been  filed  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this   chapter, except that such proposition  shall  be  submitted  only  at  a   biennial town election as hereinbefore provided. If the town board shall   have  adopted  such  a resolution and if a majority of the votes cast on   any such proposition when submitted as herein provided shall be  in  the   affirmative, the terms of office of those town officers included in such   proposition and thereafter elected shall be for a period of four years.2.  In  those  towns where the term of office of elected officials has   been set at four years pursuant to subdivision one of this section,  and   at least one hundred fifty days prior to any biennial town election, the   town  board may adopt a resolution to provide that the term of office of   each and any elective town official, whose term of office was changed to   four years as provided in subdivision one of  this  section,  thereafter   elected  shall  be  two years, and such resolution shall be submitted to   the qualified electors of the town for their approval or disapproval  at   the  next  biennial  town  election.  No  such  resolution  shall become   effective until approved by the affirmative vote of the majority of  the   qualified   electors  of  the  town  voting  on  such  proposition.  The   submission of such proposition shall be as provided in article seven  of   this chapter for a referendum thereunder in like manner as if a petition   therefor  had  been  filed  in  accordance  with  the provisions of this   chapter, except that such proposition  shall  be  submitted  only  at  a   biennial town election as hereinbefore provided. If the town board shall   have  adopted  such  a resolution and if a majority of the votes cast on   any such proposition when submitted as herein provided shall be  in  the   affirmative, the terms of office of those town officers included in such   proposition and thereafter elected shall be for a period of two years.
NY Town L § 24-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 24-B - Election of Councilmen and Town Justices in the Town of Pawling.

§  24-b.  Election  of  councilmen  and  town  justices in the town of   Pawling. Notwithstanding the provisions of section  twenty-four  or  any   other  general  or special law, the town board of the town of Pawling in   Dutchess county, may by a resolution adopted at least ninety days  prior   to  the  general  election  to  be  held in November of nineteen hundred   sixty-nine, provide that at the general election to be held in  November   of  nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine,  one town councilman be elected for a   term of two years and one town councilman be elected for a term of  four   years  and  thereafter  at  each  biennial  town election there shall be   elected one town councilman for a term of four years.   Such  resolution   may  also provide that at the general election to be held in November of   nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one town justice be elected for a  term  of   four  years and thereafter at each biennial town election there shall be   elected one town justice for a term of four years.
NY Town L § 25-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 25-A - Fingerprints of Persons Before Appointment as Town Police Officers, or as Constables Possessing Powers in Criminal Matters.

§  25-a.  Fingerprints  of  persons  before appointment as town police   officers, or as constables possessing powers  in  criminal  matters.  No   person  shall  be  appointed  or  reappointed  a  member  of  the police   department, or a special police officer, or a constable not  limited  to   powers  and  duties  in civil actions and proceedings only, in any town,   who shall not  previously,  for  the  purposes  of  this  section,  have   submitted fingerprints in the form and manner prescribed by the division   of criminal justice services to the town board or other board or officer   of  the town empowered by law to make such appointment or reappointment,   and it shall be the duty of such board or officer,  before  making  such   appointment  or  reappointment,  to compare or cause to be compared such   fingerprints with fingerprints  filed  with  the  division  of  criminal   justice  services;  provided,  however,  that  in  any  case  where  the   fingerprints of any such person shall once have been submitted  pursuant   to  this  section  and  are on file with the board empowered to make the   appointment  or  reappointment,  no  new  submission  thereof  shall  be   required,  nor  shall such board be required to make or cause to be made   such comparison if such  comparison  shall  have  been  made  previously   pursuant to this section and certification thereof by such department is   on file with such board.
NY Town L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 26 - Resignation of Town Officers.

§ 26. Resignation of town officers. Any town officer may resign to the   town  clerk  in  the manner provided by section thirty-one of the public   officers law.
NY Town L § 28 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 28 - Power to Administer Oaths.

§  28.  Power to administer oaths. Any town officer may administer any   necessary oath in any matter or proceeding lawfully before  him,  or  in   connection with any paper to be filed with him as such officer.
NY Town L § 31 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 31 - Powers and Duties of Town Justices; Requirements; Restriction.

§  31.  Powers and duties of town justices; requirements; restriction. 1.  The town justice shall have such jurisdiction in criminal and  civil matters  and  in  special  proceedings,  as  is  now or may hereafter be conferred by law. Each such justice shall:  (a) Keep or cause to be kept the records and dockets required  by  the uniform justice court act. No town justice shall receive or disburse any moneys  unless he shall furnish or receive a proper receipt therefor, or make a memorandum or record of such transaction, in such form and detail as the state comptroller shall prescribe.  (b) At least annually and as often as  may  be  required,  submit  his dockets to the members of the town board for examination and audit.   2.  No  town  justice  selected  for a term of office commencing on or after September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, except one who  has been  admitted to practice law in this state, shall assume the functions of his office unless he has filed in the office  of  the  town  clerk  a certificate  of  completion  of  a  course of training prescribed by the administrative board of  the  judicial  conference.  The  administrative board may issue a temporary certificate enabling a justice to assume the functions  of  his office pending completion of the earliest such course available thereafter. Such certificates shall be in a form, and  subject to terms and conditions, prescribed by the administrative board.   3.  Notwithstanding  any  other  law,  actual  and  necessary expenses incurred by a justice or justice elect in attending a course of training required of him before he can assume the functions of his  office  shall be a charge against the town.   4.  No  town  justice  selected  for a term of office commencing on or after July first, nineteen hundred  seventy-five,  shall  engage  in  or accept  any  employment  as  a  "police officer" or a "peace officer" as those terms are defined in the criminal procedure law.   5. A person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of this state or who has been convicted in  federal  court  or  in  another state  for  a  crime or offense that would constitute a felony under the laws of this state shall be permanently ineligible to be a candidate for town justice or to be appointed or continue to hold such office.
NY Town L § 32 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 32 - Powers and Duties of Town Superintendent of Highways and Deputy Superintendent.

§  32. Powers and duties of town superintendent of highways and deputy   superintendent. 1. The town superintendent of highways shall  have  such   powers  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  are  or  hereafter may be   conferred or imposed upon him by law, and such  further  duties  as  the   town board may determine not inconsistent with law.2.  The town board of any town may at any time establish the office of   deputy town superintendent of highways. The deputy  town  superintendent   of  highways shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the town   superintendent of highways. If the town superintendent of highways shall   fail to appoint such deputy within five days after the establishment  of   the  office  of deputy or within five days after a vacancy occurs in the   office of deputy, the town board shall have power to appoint such deputy   town superintendent of highways. During the absence or inability of  the   town  superintendent  of  highways  to act, such deputy shall act and be   vested with all the powers and duties  of  the  town  superintendent  as   provided  by  law. Before such deputy shall perform any power or duty of   the office of superintendent such deputy town superintendent of highways   shall take and file the constitutional oath of office  and  execute  and   file  an official undertaking to be approved by the town board. The town   board shall fix the compensation to be received by such deputy.
NY Town L § 32-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 32-A - Entry by Town Engineer on Private Lands.

§ 32-a. Entry by town engineer on private lands. The town engineer and   any  deputy,  assistant  or  employee  of  the  town  engineer's  office   designated by him may enter upon any lands, waters or waterways,  public   or  private,  within  the  town,  without  hindrance, for the purpose of   making surveys, examinations or investigations, including the making  of   test  pits  and test borings, necessary or convenient in the exercise of   performance of any of the other powers or duties conferred or imposed on   the town engineer, provided that any test pits or borings made hereunder   shall be refilled and the real property so disturbed shall  be  restored   to its previous condition.
NY Town L § 33 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 33 - Powers and Duties of Assessors.

§  33.  Powers  and  duties of assessors. 1. The assessor or assessors   shall have such  powers  and  shall  perform  such  duties  as  are,  or   hereafter may be, conferred or imposed by law.When  required  by  the  town  board in a town of the first class, the   assessor  or  assessors  shall  keep  such  office  hours   for   public   convenience as the town board shall determine.
NY Town L § 34 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 34 - Powers and Duties of Town Comptroller.

§  34.  Powers and duties of town comptroller. 1. In any town in which   the office of town comptroller shall have been established  and  a  town   comptroller  shall  have  been  appointed  and shall have qualified, the   powers of the town board of that town with respect to auditing, allowing   or rejecting all accounts, charges, claims or demands against  the  town   or  the improvement districts thereof and with respect to the examining,   auditing and certification of accounts and receipts  of  town  officers,   and  making  provision  for preparing and publishing or posting lists of   all such accounts,  charges,  claims  or  demands  after  the  audit  or   rejection  thereof,  including  the  powers conferred and duties imposed   upon the town board in relation to auditing and approving certain claims   pursuant to sections two hundred eighty-four and two hundred eighty-five   of the highway law, shall devolve upon and thereafter  be  exercised  by   such  town  comptroller, during the continuance of such office; and with   respect to the powers so conferred and the duties so imposed he shall be   the town board of the town during the continuance of  such  office.  The   comptroller,  when  required  by  resolution  of  the  town board, shall   countersign all checks required to be  signed  by  the  supervisor.  The   comptroller  shall annually audit the fiscal affairs of each improvement   district in said town operating under article thirteen of  this  chapter   and report thereon in writing to the town board.2. In any town in which the office of town comptroller shall have been   established  and  a town comptroller shall have been appointed and shall   have qualified, the town board may by ordinance provide that  either  or   both  of  the  following  powers  conferred  and duties imposed upon the   supervisor under section one hundred twenty-five of this  chapter  shall   devolve  upon  and  be  exercised  by  such  town comptroller during the   continuance of such office: (a) the keeping  of  separate  appropriation   accounts  and  preventing  funds  or  appropriation  accounts from being   overdrawn; or (b) the drawing upon funds or appropriations, provided the   counter-signature of  the  supervisor  shall  be  required.    The  town   comptroller shall furnish to the supervisor such information and data as   the  supervisor  may require for the purpose of enabling him to exercise   his powers and perform his duties or make reports required by law.