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NY Vill L § 3-303 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-303 - Additional Village Justices in Certain Villages.

§  3-303 Additional village justices in certain villages. At least one   hundred fifty days prior to any village general election and subject  to   a  permissive referendum, as provided by article nine of this title, the   board of trustees of the  following  villages  may  adopt  a  resolution   determining that such village shall have three village justices with the   third  village justice to be elected by the electors at the next village   general election to begin serving a term  of  office  beginning  at  the   start  of  the  official  year  next  succeeding  such  village  general   election:The village of Spring Valley in Rockland county.
NY Vill L § 3-304 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-304 - Changing Number of Trustees.

§  3-304  Changing  number  of  trustees.  The  board  of  trustees by   resolution or local law, subject to permissive  referendum,  may  change   the  number  of  trustees.  Such  action shall be in accordance with the   following:a. If the number of trustees be  increased,  the  additional  trustees   shall  be elected at the next general village election when trustees are   regularly scheduled to be  elected.    At  that  election  half  of  the   additional  trustees shall be elected for a single term equal to half of   the full term for which said office is regularly scheduled to be  filled   and  the  other  half  for  a  full such term. At all subsequent general   village elections such offices shall be filled for full terms.b. If the number of trustees be reduced, no trustees shall be elected,   other than to fill an unexpired term, until by expiration  of  terms  of   office  the  number of trustees in office shall equal that prescribed by   such  resolution.  Thereafter  at  the  next  general  village  election   one-half  of  such  prescribed number of trustees shall be elected for a   single term equal to half of the full term  for  which  said  office  is   regularly  scheduled  to  be  filled and the other half of such trustees   shall be elected for a full term.  At  all  subsequent  general  village   elections such offices shall be filled for full terms.
NY Vill L § 3-306 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-306 - Official Undertakings.

§  3-306 Official undertakings. The board of trustees on behalf of the   village or the board in control of a village owned utility  plant  shall   post  an  official  undertaking  in  such  sum  and  form, and with such   sureties as the board of trustees or the board in control of the village   owned utility plant shall direct and approve for the  treasurer,  clerk,   village  justice,  acting  village  justice, and such other officers and   employees as may be required by the board of trustees, or by  the  board   in  control  of a village owned utility plant. The board of trustees may   by resolution determine that such undertaking shall  be  executed  by  a   surety  company  authorized  to transact business in this state and that   the expense thereof shall be a charge upon the  village.  The  board  in   control  of  a  village  owned utility plant may by resolution determine   that such undertaking shall be executed by a surety  company  authorized   to transact business in this state and that the expense thereof shall be   paid from the proceeds of the operation of such utility plant.
NY Vill L § 3-308 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-308 - Separate Boards of Commissioners.

§ 3-308 Separate boards of commissioners. 1. The board of trustees may   establish or abolish a board or boards of fire, ambulance, water, light,   sewer, park or cemetery commissioners or a single municipal board having   the  powers,  duties  and  responsibilities of two or more such separate   boards.2. The board of trustees may also  establish  or  abolish  a  separate   board of police commissioners.3.  The  board  of  trustees  shall establish the composition, powers,   duties and responsibilities of each board of commissioners and may, from   time to time, amend same.4. Any board established hereunder shall be composed of not less  than   three members, who shall perform their duties subject to the approval of   the board of trustees.5.  The mayor, subject to the approval of the board of trustees, shall   appoint the  members  of  any  board  of  commissioners  and  the  first   appointments  of  members  thereto  shall  be for terms so fixed that at   least one will expire at the end of each official year commencing at the   end of the current such year and continuing in succeeding year until the   entire original appointments run out. No such  term  shall  exceed  five   years.6.   Commencing   with   the   first   annual  meeting  following  the   establishment of any such board,  and  continuing  annually  thereafter,   successors  to  former  appointees,  the term of whose offices have then   expired, shall be appointed for a full term. The  length  of  such  term   shall  be  determined  by  the  board  of trustees but in no event shall   exceed five years.7. A person who has been convicted of arson in any degree shall not be   eligible for appointment to any board of fire  commissioners.  Any  fire   commissioner  who is convicted of arson in any degree during his term of   office shall be disqualified from completing such term of office.8. The board of trustees may also abolish any  such  board  or  boards   established  under  any prior provision of law. If not so abolished such   board or boards shall  continue  and  the  commissioners  thereof  shall   continue in office during their respective terms.9.  Any  action  of  the  board  of  trustees  hereunder establishing,   relating to or abolishing any such board or fixing the terms  of  office   of  the members thereof shall be by resolution or local law adopted at a   regular meeting by a majority vote of the entire board. No  such  action   shall  be  taken unless a public hearing has first been held of which at   least ten days public notice shall have been given by publication in the   official village newspaper, or, if there be  none,  in  a  newspaper  of   general circulation in the village.
NY Vill L § 3-310 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 3 - Officers and Elections 3-310 - Abolition of Separate or Municipal Boards.

§ 3-310 Abolition of separate or municipal boards.  If a resolution or   local  law  is  adopted by the board of trustees abolishing any separate   board,  the  abolition  of  such  board  or  boards  shall  take  effect   immediately.    The  clerk  of  the  village  shall forthwith notify the   members of such board or boards in writing and  they  shall  within  ten   days  deliver to the clerk of the village its records, books and papers;   and shall also within the same time deliver to the treasurer all  funds,   and  to  the  mayor  all  other  property in its possession or under its   control.
NY Vill L § 4-404 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-404 - Taking of Affidavits by Village Officers.

§ 4-404 Taking of affidavits by village officers. The village clerk or   any  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  may administer oaths and take   affidavits upon any claim or account against the  village.  The  village   clerk  may  also  administer  oaths  and take affidavits upon matters in   connection with village business.
NY Vill L § 4-406 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-406 - Permits; Franchises; Filing; Duty of Clerk.

§  4-406  Permits;  franchises;  filing;  duty  of  clerk.   Duplicate   originals of every resolution, certificate or other instrument whereby a   village, or any board or officer thereof, grants a franchise,  including   a  privilege  or  consent  of  any kind, to a public service corporation   shall be executed  and  deposited  with  the  village  clerk;  and  such   franchise  shall not be operative for any purposes until so executed and   deposited.  The village clerk, upon receiving the same, shall  file  one   such  duplicate in his office with the records and papers of the village   and shall immediately cause the other to be filed in the office  of  the   clerk of the county in which the village is situated.
NY Vill L § 4-408 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-408 - Treasurer.

§  4-408  Treasurer.  The treasurer of each village shall be the chief   fiscal officer of the village and it shall be his responsibility to:a. have custody of all moneys  belonging  to  the  village,  and  keep   accounts  of all receipts and expenditures in conformance with a uniform   system of accounts formulated and prescribed by  the  state  comptroller   pursuant to section thirty-six of the general municipal law.b.  deposit, within ten days after receipt thereof, in the name of the   village, in a bank or trust company designated by the board of trustees,   all monies received by him;c. he may sign checks with the facsimile signature of  the  treasurer,   as  reproduced  by  a machine or device commonly known as a checksigner,   when authorized by resolution or local law of the board of trustees;d. pay out monies in  the  village  treasury  only  as  authorized  by   sections  5-524  and  5-526  of  this  chapter, unless in pursuance of a   judgment or order of a court. All such payments, except as authorized by   section 5-526 shall be by check;e. file in the office of the village clerk, within  sixty  days  after   the  end  of the fiscal year, a statement showing in detail all revenues   and expenditures during the previous fiscal  year  and  the  outstanding   indebtedness  of  the  village  as of the end of the fiscal year, except   that the village treasurer, if authorized by the board of trustees, may,   within the time period prescribed  in  section  thirty  of  the  general   municipal  law,  submit to the village clerk a copy of the annual report   required by section thirty  of  the  general  municipal  law,  provided,   however,  that  if the time for the filing of the annual report has been   extended by the state comptroller as provided in the said statute,  then   the  time  for  submitting  a  copy  of  the report to the village clerk   similarly shall be extended. The board of  trustees  shall,  within  ten   days,  cause  to  be published in the official newspaper either a notice   that the annual financial statement has been filed and is available  for   inspection  or  a  summary  of  such statement in a form approved by the   state comptroller, with an endorsement thereon that details thereof  are   on  file in the office of the village clerk. The board of trustees shall   audit, or cause to be audited by an officer or employee of  the  village   or  by  a certified public accountant or a public accountant engaged for   that purpose, such report and supporting records;f. shall also perform such other  duties  not  inconsistent  with  his   office as shall be determined by resolution or local law of the board of   trustees.
NY Vill L § 4-410 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-410 - Village Justices; Accounts, Fees, and Fines.

§  4-410  Village justices; accounts, fees, and fines. 1.  The village   justice:a. shall not receive for his own benefit any fees, costs  or  expenses   in any action or proceeding, but shall demand and receive the same fees,   costs  and  expenses therein as are provided by law to be paid to a town   justice in any civil matter and shall keep account thereof and of  fines   collected by him;b.  shall pay all such costs, fees and expenses and all fines or other   money so paid to him on any proceeding during any calendar month to  the   state  comptroller  within  the  first  ten  days of the month following   collection. Such money, except as otherwise provided by  law,  shall  be   the property of the village of which such justice is an officer;c.  shall  report  the  fact that he has not received any costs, fees,   expenses and fines during any month to the state comptroller within  the   first ten days of the succeeding month.  Upon receipt of notice from the   state  comptroller  that a justice has not properly reported or properly   accounted for monies received by such justice, it shall be unlawful  for   the  village to make any further payment of compensation to such justice   until receipt of notice from the comptroller that  a  proper  accounting   has been made;d. shall not receive or disburse any monies 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.2. All the expenses of maintaining the village  court,  including  the   fees  of  the  village  justice  if  he is not paid a salary, shall be a   village charge. The fees allowable  to  villages  for  the  services  of   magistrates  and  the  fees  allowable to other officers for services in   criminal proceedings, for or on account of an offense which a  court  of   special  sessions has not jurisdiction to try, shall be a county charge,   if the magistrate had jurisdiction  of  the  proceedings  in  which  the   services  were  rendered. A county shall pay any amount due to a village   for the services of a village justice which are  a  county  charge  upon   presentation  to it of a claim by the state comptroller for such charges   each quarter.  If any fine legally payable to the state, shall have been   erroneously paid to the village treasurer, the board  of  trustees  may,   and  is hereby authorized to, appropriate in its next annual budget such   sum as may be necessary to reimburse the state for such fine so paid.
NY Vill L § 4-411 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-411 - Disposition of Fines and Penalties.

§  4-411  Disposition  of  fines  and  penalties.  Except as otherwise   provided by law, all fines and penalties imposed for the violation of  a   village  local law, ordinance or regulation shall be the property of the   village, whether or not  the  village  has  established  the  office  of   village  justice.  Nothing in this section shall be deemed to affect the   disposition of mandatory surcharges, sex offender registration fees, DNA   databank fees or crime victim assistance fees  as  provided  by  section   60.35  of  the  penal  law,  or  of  mandatory surcharges as provided by   section eighteen hundred nine of the vehicle  and  traffic  law,  or  of   fines, penalties and forfeitures as provided by section eighteen hundred   three of the vehicle and traffic law relating to traffic offenses.
NY Vill L § 4-414 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 4 - Powers, Duties and Compensation of Officers 4-414 - Assessments Other Than for Local Improvements.

§  4-414  Assessments  other than for local improvements.  Whenever an   owner of property is required by general special or local law to make an   improvement, perform any work or do any act  on  such  property  in  the   interest of public safety, health, comfort, and general welfare and such   owner  shall  fail  to  make  the improvement or perform the work or act   required and the board of trustees shall cause such improvement, work or   act to be done on such property or a contract has been awarded  therefor   by the board, the cost of such improvement, work or act may be assessed,   levied and collected as may be provided by local law.
NY Vill L § 5-500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-500 - Definitions.

§  5-500  Definitions.  For the purposes of this article the following   terms shall be defined as follows: l. "Administrative unit"  shall  mean   an  office,  department,  division,  bureau,  board, commission or other   agency or specific activity of village government.2. "Budget officer" shall mean the mayor or, in a  village  which  has   adopted  the  village  manager  plan,  the village manager. The mayor or   village manager, as the case may be, may  designate  any  other  village   officer or employee to be budget officer, to serve at his pleasure.3.  "Character  of  expenditure"  shall  mean the classification of an   expenditure as to periods of benefit as follows: a. current expenses, b.   debt retirement or c. capital projects.4. "Fiscal year" shall mean the period commencing on the first day  of   June  in  one calendar year and ending on the thirty-first day of May in   the following calendar year, unless the board  of  trustees  shall  have   established a different fiscal year pursuant to the provisions of former   section  one  hundred seventeen of the village law as enacted by section   fourteen of chapter eight hundred nine of the laws of  nineteen  hundred   fifty-four  or  pursuant  to  section  5-510  of this article or section   17-1729 of article seventeen.5. "Fund" shall mean a group of accounts set aside for the purpose  of   accounting  for  moneys  or  other  resources  of  general  functions or   specific  activities  of  water  supply,  capital  projects   or   other   activities of a village in accordance with a system of accounts.6.  "System  of  accounts" shall mean a system prescribed by the state   comptroller. In the case of water utilities it shall also mean a  system   recommended  by  the  public  service  commission  or a system generally   recognized as a national standard and  provided  either  such  alternate   system  has  been approved by the state comptroller following receipt of   an application and a certified copy of a resolution adopted by the board   of trustees of a village authorizing the maintenance of  such  alternate   accounting records for a water utility.7.  "Object  of  expenditure"  shall  mean  the  classification  of an   expenditure as to types of articles purchased or services rendered.8. "Unappropriated unreserved fund balance" shall mean the  difference   between  the total assets for a fund and the total liabilities, deferred   revenues,  encumbered  appropriations,  amounts  appropriated  for   the   ensuing  fiscal  year's budget, and amounts reserved for stated purposes   pursuant to law, including reserve funds  established  pursuant  to  the   general municipal law for the fund, as determined through application of   the  system  of accounts prescribed by the state comptroller pursuant to   section thirty-six of the general municipal law.
NY Vill L § 5-502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-502 - Submission of Estimates.

§  5-502  Submission  of  estimates. l. On or before the eighth day of   February in each year, or such other date as may be applicable  pursuant   to  section 5-510 of this article, the budget officer shall give written   notification to the head of  each  administrative  unit  that  he  shall   submit  estimates,  schedules,  and  statements as hereinafter provided.   Such notice shall specify the form in which such  information  shall  be   submitted.2.  On  or  before  the first day of March in each year, or such other   date as may be applicable pursuant to section 5-510 of this  article  or   section  17-1729  of  article  seventeen, and except as may be otherwise   provided  in  subdivision  four  of  this  section,  the  head  of  each   administrative  unit  shall  submit to the budget officer an estimate of   revenues and expenditures of such administrative unit  for  the  ensuing   fiscal  year. Such estimate shall show the sources of all revenue, shall   itemize the character and object of each expenditure and  shall  contain   such additional information as the budget officer shall prescribe.3.  If  the  head  of  an  administrative unit shall fail to submit an   estimate as herein provided, the budget officer shall forthwith  prepare   an estimate for such administrative unit.4.  An  estimate  shall  not  be  submitted  as  above  provided for a   municipal electric, gas or steam utility service, but the head  of  such   utility service shall submit in lieu thereof a statement showing:a. The amount required for payment of installments of principal of and   interest  on  indebtedness  incurred  for the purposes of the service to   become due and payable during the next fiscal year; andb. The estimated operating  and  non-operating  income  and  estimated   expenditures for the next fiscal year, classified in accordance with the   requirements  of  the public service commission, but in such detail only   as the board of trustees shall require; andc. A proposed schedule of salaries and wages to be paid  for  personal   services.5.  The board of trustees of a village which owns and operates a water   utility and which maintains an alternate system of accounts approved  by   the  state comptroller as defined in subdivision six of section 5-500 of   this article may require that a statement shall be submitted in lieu  of   an  estimate  as  in  the  case  of  a municipal electric, gas, or steam   utility service.
NY Vill L § 5-504 (2021)
2021 New York Laws VIL - Village Article 5 - Finances 5-504 - Preparation and Filing of Tentative Budget.

§  5-504  Preparation and filing of tentative budget.  Upon receipt of   the estimates of the  head  of  each  administrative  unit,  the  budget   officer  shall  prepare a tentative budget. He may also prepare a budget   message explaining the main features of the budget and  containing  such   additional information as he may deem advisable. He shall furnish a copy   of  the  tentative budget and the budget message, if any, to each member   of the board of trustees and he shall reproduce for public  distribution   as  many copies as he may deem necessary. On or before the twentieth day   of March, or such other date as may be applicable  pursuant  to  section   5-510  of this article or section 17-1729 of article seventeen, he shall   file in the office of the village clerk the tentative budget, the budget   message, if any, and the estimates, schedules and  statements  submitted   by the heads of the administrative units.