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NY Town L § 36 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 36 - Collection of Taxes by Town Clerk.

§  36. Collection of taxes by town clerk. 1. In any town of the second   class in which the office of tax collector or receiver of taxes  exists,   the  town  board  thereof  may  by  resolution duly adopted at least one   hundred fifty days prior to any biennial town election,  determine  that   said  office  be abolished, same to take effect at the expiration of the   term of office to which the incumbent was elected or appointed;  and  no   such  tax  collector  or  town receiver of taxes shall be elected at any   biennial town election  held  not  less  than  one  hundred  fifty  days   thereafter.  Upon  the  expiration  of  the  term  of office of such tax   collector or town  receiver  of  taxes  as  provided  herein,  he  shall   surrender  and  deliver  to  the  town clerk of said town all assessment   rolls, books, papers, writings and all other documents and  property  in   his  possession  as  such  officer. In all towns where the office of tax   collector or receiver of taxes has been abolished, it shall be the  duty   of  such  town  clerk  to collect and receive all state, county and town   taxes and assessments that may be levied in such town and the town clerk   shall have all the powers  and  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  of  a   collector  with  respect to the collection of such taxes, the deposit of   receipts and the return of unpaid taxes, as provided by subdivision  one   of section thirty-five of this chapter.2.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county in which such town is   situate shall issue its warrant to such  clerk  for  the  collection  of   taxes  in  such  town,  in  the  same  manner  as warrants are issued to   collectors, and all other warrants or authorizations for the  collection   of  taxes, assessments or other moneys upon the taxable property of said   town.
NY Town L § 38 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 38 - Certain Offices Abolished.

§  38.  Certain  offices abolished. 1. Except as otherwise provided by   section twenty-five hundred six of the education law, in  towns  of  the   first  class  the  offices of collector and of school district collector   are abolished from and after the beginning of the term of office of  the   first  receiver of taxes and assessments under this chapter, and no such   collector or school district collector shall be chosen at  any  time  to   succeed  the collectors in office when the term of such receiver begins.   Upon the taking of office by the first receiver of taxes and assessments   as provided herein, the town tax  collector  and  each  school  district   collector shall surrender and deliver to such receiver all tax warrants,   assessment rolls, books, papers, writings and all other documents in his   possession as such officer. All provisions of law applicable to town tax   collectors  or  school  district  collectors,  not inconsistent with the   provisions of this article, are hereby made applicable to such  receiver   and such receiver shall continue to collect all fees and penalties which   such  collectors,  or  either of them, would collect were it not for the   provisions of this article.2. Notwithstanding the provisions  of  section  thirty-seven  of  this   chapter,  the  town  board of any town of the first class may enter into   agreement with one or more school boards for the  collection  of  school   taxes  within  such  town, in which event a school district collector or   collectors shall be appointed in the manner, and with all the powers and   duties, prescribed by section twenty-one hundred thirty of the education   law.
NY Town L § 39 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 39 - Powers and Duties of Constables and Town Police Officers.

§  39.  Powers  and  duties  of  constables  and town police officers.   Constables and town  police  officers  shall  have  all  the  power  and   authority conferred upon constables by the general laws of the state and   such additional powers, not inconsistent with law, as shall be conferred   upon  them  by  the  town  board.  They  shall be subject to the general   authority and direction of  the  town  board  and  to  such  orders  and   regulations as the town board may prescribe, not inconsistent with law.
NY Town L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 40 - Powers and Duties of Fence Viewers.

§  40. Powers and duties of fence viewers. The assessors shall perform   all the duties and shall exercise all the powers hereinafter imposed and   conferred upon  fence  viewers.  In  a  town  having  a  sole  appointed   assessor,  the  assessor  and the members of the town board shall act as   fence viewers.
NY Town L § 41-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 41-A - Abolition of the Additional Office of Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead.

§  41-a.  Abolition of the additional office of supervisor of the town   of Hempstead. The  additional  office  of  supervisor  of  the  town  of   Hempstead  as created pursuant to the provisions of section forty-one of   this chapter is abolished effective at  12:01  a.m.  on  January  first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-six.  For  purposes  of  the election law, any   petition filed or any nomination made in  nineteen  hundred  ninety-five   for the office of presiding supervisor of the town of Hempstead shall be   deemed  filed  and  or  made for the office of supervisor of the town of   Hempstead which shall exist  effective  12:01  a.m.  on  January  first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety-six, and any petition filed or nomination made   in nineteen hundred ninety-five for the office of supervisor of the town   of Hempstead which is abolished hereunder shall be null and void.
NY Town L § 41-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 41-B - .

§  41-b.  In  any  town  in which the office of director of purchasing   shall have been established and a director of purchasing shall have been   appointed and shall have qualified, the  director  of  purchasing  shall   make  all  purchases  and  all  contracts  for  supplies,  materials and   equipment of every nature for the town  and  for  any  town  department,   board  or  agency  for which the town may in any event be liable and for   any special improvement district within such town except for a  district   having  a  separate  board of commissioners. Before making any purchase,   the director of purchasing shall comply with such rules and  regulations   in  relation  thereto  as  may  be established by resolution of the town   board and such provisions of law as may be applicable thereto.
NY Town L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation 42 - Deputy Supervisor.

§  42.  Deputy  supervisor. The town board of any town may at any time   establish the office of deputy supervisor. The deputy  supervisor  shall   be  appointed  by  the  supervisor  to  serve  at  the  pleasure  of the   supervisor, and in case the office  of  supervisor  becomes  vacant  any   deputy  supervisor  in  office  at  the  time  such vacancy occurs shall   continue to serve until the  successor  of  such  deputy  supervisor  is   appointed.  If  the supervisor shall fail to appoint a deputy supervisor   within five days after the establishment of the office  or  within  five   days  after  a  vacancy  occurs in the office, the town board shall have   power to appoint such deputy supervisor. During the absence or inability   to act of the supervisor, or while the office of supervisor  is  vacant,   the  deputy  supervisor  shall preside, when present, at the meetings of   the town board and shall be vested  with  all  of  the  powers  and  may   perform  all  of  the duties of the supervisor under this chapter or any   other law, except that he shall have no vote in his capacity  as  deputy   supervisor  on  matters  coming  before  the town board and he shall not   serve as a member of  the  county  board  of  supervisors.  Any  person,   including  a town officer, official or employee, may be appointed deputy   supervisor, provided that the person appointed shall  possess  the  same   qualifications  as an elective town officer. Before he shall perform any   function as  such,  the  deputy  supervisor  shall  take  and  file  the   constitutional   oath  of  office  and  execute  and  file  an  official   undertaking in the manner prescribed  in  section  twenty-five  of  this   chapter.  The  town  board  shall  fix the compensation which the deputy   supervisor shall receive, which compensation may be in addition  to  any   other  compensation  he  may receive as a town officer, town official or   town employee.
NY Town L § 58 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3-B - Town Manager 58 - Town Manager.

§  58.  Town manager. Any town may, by local law, establish the office   of town manager, provide for his appointment and delegate to such office   such powers and duties as may be prescribed, modified  or  revoked  from   time to time by the town board.
NY Town L § 58-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 3-B - Town Manager 58-A - Powers and Duties.

§  58-a.  Powers  and  duties.  The  town  manager  shall be the chief   administrative officer of the town and may  be  given  such  powers  and   duties by local law, as the town board in its discretion shall prescribe   notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  any  general or special law to the   contrary, unless the legislature  expressly  shall  have  restricted  or   prohibited  the  adoption  of  a local law relating to the delegation or   grant of such powers provided, however, that the powers  of  legislation   and  appropriation  shall be exercised by the town board. Subject to the   provisions of sections twenty-three and  twenty-four  of  the  municipal   home  rule law, the town board may also, by local law, grant or transfer   to such town manager powers and duties held by elected officials of  the   town.
NY Town L § 60 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 60 - Town Board Constituted.

§  60. Town board constituted. 1. In every town the supervisor and the   town councilmen shall constitute the town board and shall be vested with   all the powers of such a town and shall possess  and  exercise  all  the   powers  and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter imposed by law   upon town boards and town boards of health within such towns; but it  is   not  intended  to extend the power of said boards or officers within the   limits of any incorporated village or city, or in any manner to  abridge   or  interfere  with  the power and authority of the officers of any such   village or  city  within  its  corporate  limits,  except  as  otherwise   provided by law.2.  In any town in which a town justice serves as a member of the town   board, such town justice shall continue to serve as a member of the town   board until the expiration of his  term.  Thereafter  any  town  justice   shall  not  be a member of the town board and a town councilman shall be   elected as a member of such town board in place  of  such  town  justice   except  as  otherwise  provided  by the town board by resolution adopted   pursuant to the provisions of section sixty-a of this chapter.
NY Town L § 61 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 61 - Commissions Abolished.

§  61. Commissions abolished. Every separate board of commissioners is   hereby abolished, except fire district commissioners, and  commissioners   of  districts created pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred   twenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred seventeen and chapter  five   hundred  fifty-five  of the laws of nineteen hundred twenty-six, and the   commissioners of any district which shall  have  adopted  a  proposition   pursuant  to  subdivision ten of section three hundred forty-one of this   chapter. The town clerk shall  forthwith  notify  the  members  of  such   boards  so abolished and they shall deliver to the town clerk within ten   days, all the records, books and papers of such  boards  or  commissions   and,  within  the  same time, shall deliver to the supervisor all funds,   and to the town board all other property in their  possession  or  under   their  control,  and make complete and proper accounting therefor to the   town board. All powers heretofore exercised by said separate  boards  or   commissions  so  abolished shall hereafter be vested in and be exercised   by the town board.Except as otherwise provided by law and subject to the  provisions  of   this  chapter,  districts now existing shall continue as now established   until such time as the town board may otherwise determine,  pursuant  to   the  provisions  of  article twelve. The town board shall have authority   to, and may exercise in and for such districts all the powers  permitted   by section one hundred ninety-eight of this chapter, and such additional   powers  as  shall be necessarily implied therefrom for the operation and   maintenance of such district or districts, including but not limited  to   the  employment  of  personal  services  and  the  purchase  of required   equipment. The town board  shall  annually  prepare  a  budget  for  the   operation  and  maintenance of each such district, including therein the   amounts necessary for the retirement of all bonds or  other  obligations   and  for  the  payment  of  interest  upon  all outstanding indebtedness   becoming due during the next  fiscal  year,  and  the  supervisor  shall   submit  such  budget  to  the  board of supervisors of the county at the   annual session thereof, and the total amount of  such  budget  shall  be   assessed  and levied upon and collected from the taxable property within   such district or districts.
NY Town L § 62 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 62 - Meetings of Town Board.

§  62.  Meetings  of town board. 1. The town board of every town shall   meet on or before the twentieth day of January  in  each  year  for  the   purpose  of  making the annual accounting by town officers and employees   as required by section one hundred twenty-three  of  this  chapter.  The   requirement for the annual accounting shall not apply to a town having a   town  comptroller,  nor  to  a town which, prior to the twentieth day of   January,  shall  have  engaged  the  services  of  a  certified   public   accountant  or public accountant to make an annual audit to be completed   within sixty days after the close of the town's fiscal year.2. The town board of every town of the first class shall hold at least   one meeting in each month. The supervisor of  any  town  may,  and  upon   written  request of two members of the board shall within ten days, call   a special meeting of the town board by giving at least two  days  notice   in  writing to members of the board of the time when and the place where   the meeting is to be held. All meetings of the town board shall be  held   within  the  town  at  such  place  as the town board shall determine by   resolution, except that  where  provision  is  made  by  law  for  joint   meetings  of  two or more town boards such joint meetings may be held in   any of the towns to be represented thereat.
NY Town L § 63 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 63 - Presiding Officer and Rules of Procedure.

§  63.  Presiding officer and rules of procedure. The supervisor, when   present, shall preside at the meetings of the town board. In the absence   of the supervisor, the  other  members  shall  designate  one  of  their   members  to  act  as  temporary  chairman. A majority of the board shall   constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a lesser number   may adjourn. The vote upon every question shall be  taken  by  ayes  and   noes,  and  the  names  of  the members present and their votes shall be   entered in the minutes. Every act, motion or  resolution  shall  require   for  its  adoption the affirmative vote of a majority of all the members   of the town board. The board may determine the rules of  its  procedure,   and  the  supervisor  may,  from  time  to  time,  appoint  one  or more   committees, consisting of members of the board, to aid  and  assist  the   board in the performance of its duties.
NY Town L § 64-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 64-B - Powers of Town With Respect to Municipal Deposits in National Banks in Liquidation.

* § 64-b.  Powers  of  town  with  respect  to  municipal  deposits in   national  banks  in  liquidation.  Whenever  the  depositors  and  other   unsecured  creditors of a national bank, representing at least sixty per   centum in amount of its total net unsecured liabilities as shown by  the   books  of  the bank, acting pursuant to section two hundred seven of the   bank conservation act, have waived and released to the  bank  a  certain   percentage  of  their  deposits and/or other claims, the town board of a   town having municipal funds deposited in such bank, upon determining  by   majority  vote  that  it  is  for  the  best  interest  of the town, may   authorize the supervisor  of  such  town  to  execute  a  waiver  and/or   release,  similar in form to those executed by such other depositors, by   which it shall waive and/or release unto such bank a like percentage  in   amount  of  its  net unsecured claim against the bank as shall have been   theretofore waived  and/or  released  by  the  other  depositors  and/or   creditors  representing at least sixty per centum in amount of its total   net  unsecured  liabilities,  as  aforesaid.  The  certificate  of   the   conservator  or  other  public  official  in  charge of such bank to the   effect that waivers and/or releases have been so executed to the  amount   of sixty per centum of the total net unsecured liabilities of such bank,   shall constitute the necessary condition precedent to such action by the   town  board of the town. Neither the supervisor nor any member of a town   board shall be liable to the town for any authorization given or release   or waiver executed pursuant to the provisions of this section.* NB Effective until June 30, 2025; then becomes § 64-a
NY Town L § 64-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 64-C - Payment in Lieu of Taxes for Property Acquired for Park and Recreational Purposes.

* §  64-c. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park and   recreational purposes. The town of Hempstead,  having  acquired  certain   property  for  park and recreational purposes in Lido Beach known as the   Lido Golf Club and the  Lido  Cabana  Club  shall  have  the  power  and   authority  with  respect to such property, to pay or transfer out of any   town funds available to it, annual sums in lieu of taxes to the affected   taxing jurisdiction, in order that  none  of  such  taxing  jurisdiction   shall  suffer  an inequitable loss of revenue by virtue of such park and   recreational program; provided further,  that  the  amount  so  paid  or   transferred  for  any  year shall not exceed the sum last levied for the   benefit of such taxing jurisdiction as an annual tax  on  such  property   prior to the time of its acquisition for such purposes.As  used  in  this  section,  the term "taxing jurisdiction" means any   municipal corporation or  district  corporation,  including  any  school   district  or  any special district, having the power to levy and collect   taxes and benefit assessments upon real property in  Lido  Beach  or  in   whose  behalf  such  taxes  or  benefit  assessments  may  be  levied or   collected.That the  payments  or  transfers  made  pursuant  to  the  power  and   authority  granted  herein  with respect to such property shall continue   notwithstanding that the legislature  of  the  state  of  New  York  may   hereinafter  alter, modify or replace the current method of financing of   public  education  and  notwithstanding  that  a  court   of   competent   jurisdiction  may hereinafter order that such method of financing public   education be altered, modified or replaced.* NB Expires July 1, 2023
NY Town L § 64-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 64-D - Payment in Lieu of Taxes for Property Acquired for Open Space Purposes.

§  64-d. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for open space   purposes. The town of Southampton, Suffolk county, shall have the  power   and  authority with respect to property acquired for open space purposes   to pay or transfer out of any town funds available to it, annual sums in   lieu of taxes to the affected taxing jurisdiction, in order that none of   such taxing jurisdictions shall suffer an inequitable loss of revenue by   virtue of such open space acquisition. The amount so paid or transferred   for any year shall not exceed the sum last levied  for  the  benefit  of   such  taxing jurisdiction as an annual tax on such property prior to the   time of its acquisition for such purposes. As used in this section,  the   term  "taxing  jurisdiction" means any municipal corporation or district   corporation, including any school  district  or  any  special  district,   having  the power to levy and collect taxes and benefit assessments upon   real property or in whose behalf such taxes or benefit  assessments  may   be  levied or collected. That the payments or transfers made pursuant to   the power and authority granted herein with  respect  to  such  property   shall  continue notwithstanding that the legislature of the state of New   York may hereinafter alter, modify or  replace  the  current  method  of   financing  of  public  education  and  notwithstanding  that  a court of   competent  jurisdiction  may  hereinafter  order  that  such  method  of   financing public education be altered, modified or replaced.
NY Town L § 66 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 66 - Place of Trial of Actions and Proceedings Against Towns; Inhabitants Not Incompetent to Act Thereat.

§  66.  Place  of  trial  of  actions  and  proceedings against towns;   inhabitants not incompetent to act thereat. 1. The place of trial of all   actions and proceedings against a town or any of its officers or  boards   shall be the county in which the town is situated.2.  Upon  the trial of any issue or the prosecution of any proceeding,   or upon the taking or making of any inquisition, appraisal or award,  or   upon  the  judicial investigation of any facts whatever, to which issue,   proceedings, inquest, investigation or award a town is a  party,  or  in   which  a  town  may  in any way be interested, no person shall be deemed   incompetent as a judge,  referee,  commissioner,  witness  or  juror  by   reason of his being an inhabitant, freeholder or taxpayer of the town.
NY Town L § 67 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 67 - Presentation of Claims for Torts: Actions Against Towns.

§ 67. Presentation of claims for torts: actions against towns.  1. Any   claim  including  a  claim  specified  in  section  sixty-five-a of this   chapter which may be made against the town  or  town  superintendent  of   highways  for  damages  for wrong or injury to person or property or for   the death of a person, shall be  made  and  served  in  compliance  with   section fifty-e of the general municipal law.2.  Every  action  upon  such claim shall be commenced pursuant to the   provisions of section fifty-i of the general municipal law.3. This section shall not apply to actions upon claims for damages  or   compensation for property taken by condemnation for any public purpose.