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NY Alt Cty Govt L § 450 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 10 - Department of Public Welfare 450 - Department of Public Welfare.

§  450. Department of public welfare. 1. The head of the department of   public welfare shall be the county commissioner of public  welfare.  Any   inconsistent  provision  of  this  chapter  notwithstanding,  the county   commissioner  of  public  welfare  shall  be  appointed  by  the  county   executive  in  accordance  with the provisions of the social welfare law   for a term of five years. A vacancy in the office of the county  welfare   commissioner  whether occurring by expiration of term or otherwise shall   be filled by appointment by the county executive.2. Any inconsistent provision of  this  chapter  notwithstanding,  the   deputy  commissioners  of public welfare, if any, shall be appointed and   serve in accordance with the provisions of the social welfare law.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 451 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 10 - Department of Public Welfare 451 - Powers and Duties.

§  451.  Powers  and duties. The county commissioner of public welfare   shall:1. Have all the powers and perform all  the  duties  conferred  on  or   required  of  a  county  commissioner of public welfare under the social   welfare law.2. Have charge of the county home,  county  hospital,  and  any  other   public welfare institution maintained by the county.3.  Perform  such additional and related duties as may be delegated to   him by county act.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 500 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 11 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers 500 - County Park and Recreation Commission.

§ 500. County park and recreation commission. The board of supervisors   of  any  county  adopting an alternative form of county government under   this chapter may create a county park  and  recreation  commission.  The   commission  shall  consist of five members to be appointed by the county   executive with the approval of the board  of  supervisors.  One  of  the   members shall be designated as chairman by the county executive with the   approval of the board of supervisors.  The term of office of the members   of  the  commission  shall  be  five  years,  except that of those first   appointed, one member shall be appointed for five years,  one  for  four   years,  one  for  three years, one for two years and one member shall be   appointed for one year. Successors shall be appointed in the same manner   as those originally appointed for terms of five years  each.  A  vacancy   occurring  otherwise  than  by  expiration  of  term  shall be filled by   appointment for the unexpired portion of the term. The  members  of  the   commission  shall  receive  for the services such compensation as may be   fixed by the board of supervisors, together with their  actual  expenses   incurred  in  the performance of their duties.  The commission, with the   approval of the county executive, may appoint and at pleasure remove  an   executive   secretary  and  employ  and  contract  for  such  engineers,   architects, experts and employees as may be  necessary  to  perform  the   duties  of  the  commission.  The  secretary  and  each  such  engineer,   architect, expert or other employee shall receive a compensation  to  be   fixed by the commission within the scale and line item schedule of funds   appropriated  by  the  board  of  supervisors.  In  any  county having a   department of public works, county engineers and county architects, when   available, shall be assigned temporarily to the work of  the  commission   but  without  additional compensation. Nothing in this section contained   shall affect the civil  service  or  retirement  rights  of  any  person   assigned to the work of the commission.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 501 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 11 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers 501 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers.

§  501.  Parks,  playgrounds  and recreation centers. 1. The county is   hereby authorized  to  accept  by  gift  and  to  acquire  by  purchase,   condemnation,  lease or permit, and to own, construct, operate, maintain   and  repair  anywhere  within  the  county  outside  of  cities,  parks,   playgrounds,  athletic  fields  and  recreation  centers,  together with   necessary buildings, structures, equipment and appurtenances, including,   but without limitation, public baths, swimming  pools  and  auditoriums,   and  to  make  the cost thereof a county charge. The county may contract   with any town or village for the operation by the county or by such town   or village of any park, playground, athletic field or recreation  center   located  within  such town or village, whether owned by the county or by   such town or village, and make the cost thereof a county charge.2. The board of supervisors shall have power by county act to regulate   the use of and to establish a schedule of charges for the  use  of  such   parks,  playgrounds,  athletic fields, recreation centers and facilities   therein and may prescribe reasonable penalties  for  violations  of  its   rules  and  regulations.  The  board  of  supervisors  may authorize the   operation, granting and sale of concessions by the commission or  others   in  or  in  connection with any such park, playground, athletic field or   recreation center. All moneys received by the commission shall belong to   the county and shall be paid into the  county  treasury  monthly  on  or   before  the  tenth  day  of  the  month.  The board of supervisors, upon   determination by county act  that  any  playground,  athletic  field  or   recreation  center,  or  part thereof, or facility therein, is no longer   required for public use, may authorize the commission to sell  or  lease   the same under rules and regulations to be prescribed by local law.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 502 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 11 - Parks, Playgrounds and Recreation Centers 502 - Powers of Commission.

§ 502. Powers of commission. The county park and recreation commission   shall, subject to such rules and regulations as the board of supervisors   shall  prescribe,  have  supervision,  direction  and  control  over the   operation, maintenance and repair of all  parks,  playgrounds,  athletic   fields   and   recreation   centers,  including  buildings,  structures,   equipment and appurtenances constructed or  otherwise  acquired  by  the   commission within the county outside cities.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 550 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 12 - Optional Transfer of Powers 550 - County Assessment of Real Property.

§  550. County assessment of real property. 1. If the alternative form   of county government, or the modification or change of  any  such  form,   shall  provide  for  the  transfer  to  the  county  of  the function of   assessment of real property from the  towns,  villages  or  cities,  the   director of finance, or county treasurer, as the case may be, shall have   all  the powers and perform all the duties of the assessment officers of   the unit of local government from which the functions of assessment have   been transferred to the county. All provisions of law which apply to the   assessment officers of such units of local  government  shall  apply  to   such  officer,  except  that the board of supervisors may, by local law,   enact such provisions relating to the assessment  of  property  in  such   units  of local government as shall not be inconsistent with the general   plan for the assessment of property contained in the tax law and subject   to the general supervision and authority of the  state  tax  commission,   but which may include, without limitation of the power thus conferred, a   rearrangement  of  dates  for  the performance of acts, or the method of   giving notices, or the place of filing  the  assessment-roll  so  as  to   coordinate the assessment work; provided, however, that the county board   of  assessment review of such county, if there be one, shall review such   assessments in the manner provided in this article. It shall be the duty   of the director of finance to adopt scientific  methods  of  assessment,   including  tax and land value maps in the form approved by the state tax   commission.2. If the function of assessment of real property is transferred  from   the  towns  or  the  cities to the county, the school districts or parts   thereof within such towns or cities shall use the county assessment.3. If the alternative form  of  county  government  provides  for  the   transfer  to  the  county of the function of assessment of real property   from any units of government within the county, such  form  may  provide   for  a board of assessors, either three or five in number as provided in   the petition or resolution by which the form or the question of adopting   such board is initiated to be appointed by the board of supervisors upon   recommendation of the county executive. At least one of  such  assessors   shall  be  a resident of a city in the county if there be any such city,   and at least one shall be a resident of the county outside of any  city.   In  case  of  the  appointment  of a board of assessors, the director of   finance shall have general supervisory power only over such  board,  and   shall  not  have  charge  of  the  administration  of  the  function  of   assessment of real  property  for  taxation,  which  function  shall  be   performed solely by the board of assessors.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 600 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 600 - Fiscal Year; County Budget; Tax Levy.

§  600.  Fiscal  year; county budget; tax levy. The fiscal year of the   county shall begin on  the  first  day  of  January  and  end  with  the   thirty-first day of December in each year. Except as otherwise expressly   provided  in  the  alternative  form  adopted  by  the  county,  or  the   modification or change of any such form, all provisions of article seven   of the county law, as now in force or hereafter amended, shall  continue   to  apply  to the county. When the county budget shall have been finally   adopted, the board of supervisors shall  levy  the  annual  tax  in  the   manner provided by law.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 601 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 601 - County Finance.

§  601.  County finance. The provisions of the local finance law shall   continue to apply to a county which has adopted an alternative  form  of   county government under this chapter.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 602 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 602 - County Taxes and Assessments.

§  602. County taxes and assessments. The provisions of the tax law or   other applicable general or special statute shall continue to apply to a   county which has adopted an alternative form of county government.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 603 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 603 - County Board of Elections.

§  603.  County  board  of elections. There shall be a county board of   elections to be appointed by the board of supervisors in the manner  and   for  such  term  as  provided  by  the election law. The county board of   elections shall continue to have and exercise all functions, powers  and   duties vested in or imposed on boards of elections by any law applicable   to the county.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 604 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 604 - Administration of Education.

§  604.  Administration of education. Nothing in this chapter shall be   construed to affect or impair the administration of education within the   county.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 605 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 605 - Advisory and Planning Boards.

§  605.  Advisory  and  planning  boards.  The  county executive, upon   authorization by the board  of  supervisors,  may  appoint  a  board  of   electors  of  the county to act in an advisory capacity to himself or to   the head of any administrative unit under his jurisdiction. The  members   of  the  advisory  board  shall  serve without compensation but shall be   allowed and paid actual and necessary expenses incurred by them  in  the   performance of their duties. It shall be the duty of members of any such   advisory  and  planning board to consult and advise upon county problems   but not to direct the conduct or administration of county affairs.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 606 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 606 - Citizenship and Residence Requirements for Department Heads and Deputies.

§ 606. Citizenship and residence requirements for department heads and   deputies.  The  head  of  each  department  or  office  and  each deputy   appointed under or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall,  at   the  time of his appointment and throughout the incumbency of his office   be a citizen of the United States and a resident of the county.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 607 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 607 - Retirement System.

§  607.  Retirement  system.  Persons  who  are members of an existing   pension  or  retirement  system,   or   beneficiaries   or   prospective   beneficiaries  thereof,  shall  continue to have the rights, privileges,   obligations and status with respect to such  system  which  are  now  or   hereafter  may  be provided by law and the benefits of such system shall   not be diminished or  impaired  by  reason  of  the  enactment  of  this   chapter.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 608 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 608 - Civil Service.

§  608.  Civil  service.  Appointments  and  promotions  in the county   government shall continue to be made in accordance with  the  provisions   of the civil service law and rules of civil service.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 609 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 609 - Continuity of Authority.

§  609.  Continuity  of  authority.  The performance of functions by a   department, office or agency to which they are assigned pursuant to  the   provisions  of  this  chapter  shall  be deemed and held to constitute a   continuation thereof for  the  purpose  of  succession  to  all  rights,   powers, duties and obligations attached to such functions at the time of   such assignment.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 610 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 610 - Completion of Unfinished Business.

§  610.  Completion  of  unfinished  business. Any proceeding or other   business undertaken or commenced by a department, office or agency,  the   functions,  powers and duties whereof are assigned, may be conducted and   completed by the head of the department, office or agency to  which  the   assignment  is  made,  in  the  same manner and under the same terms and   conditions and with the same effect as if undertaken  or  commenced  and   conducted  and  completed  by  the  department,  office  or  agency, the   functions, powers and duties whereof are so assigned.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 611 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 611 - Oath of Office; Official Undertaking.

§  611.  Oath of office; official undertaking. 1. The county executive   and each other officer whose compensation  is  paid  from  county  funds   shall take and file an official oath in the manner prescribed in section   ten  of  the  public  officers  law  and  the provisions of section four   hundred two of the county law shall apply to all such officers.2. The county executive, the head of each administrative unit and each   other officer whose compensation is paid from county funds shall, before   entering upon the duties of his office, execute an official  undertaking   as  provided  in  section  eleven  of the public officers law, except as   otherwise provided by law. The amount of such undertaking shall be fixed   by the board of supervisors and approved by such board if in session and   if not in session by the county clerk, except that  the  undertaking  of   the  county  clerk  shall  be  approved by the county judge. When in the   opinion of the board of supervisors the sureties are deemed insufficient   and the money and property of the county may be unsafe, such  board  may   direct  a  further  undertaking  upon  ten days' notification thereof in   writing and such officer shall not perform any duties nor be entitled to   compensation until such further undertaking is furnished.  All  elective   and appointive county officers shall give such other undertakings as may   be required by law. The board of supervisors or any county officer shall   have the power to demand the giving of an undertaking by subordinates or   employees,  as  may  be  deemed necessary. Any default or misfeasance in   office on the part of any such subordinate or employee shall be deemed a   breach of the undertaking of the county officer appointing him  as  well   as  a  breach  of  the  undertaking  furnished  by  such  subordinate or   employee. The neglect to furnish and file any  such  undertaking  within   the  time  prescribed by law, except in the cases of the sheriff, county   clerk and district attorney, shall be deemed a refusal to serve and  the   office  may  be  filled  as in the case of a vacancy. Until the sheriff,   county clerk or district attorney shall execute and  file  the  required   undertaking,  he  shall  not  perform  any  duties of the office, nor be   entitled to any compensation. The board of supervisors  shall  cause  an   action  to  be  brought  upon  any  breach of the conditions of any such   undertaking.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 612 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 13 - General Provisions 612 - Application.

§  612. Application. The provisions of this article shall apply to any   county adopting one  of  the  alternative  forms  of  county  government   provided by this chapter.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 650 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 14 - Submission and Adoption 650 - Initiation of Proceeding.

§  650.  Initiation  of  proceeding.  A  proceeding for adoption of an   alternative form of county government may be initiated by  petition,  or   by  resolution  of  the  board  of  supervisors of the county; provided,   however, that no such resolution  shall  be  adopted  by  the  board  of   supervisors after the initiation of such a proceeding by the filing of a   petition  therefor, or subsequent to ten days following the filing of an   advance notice of filing such a petition,  so  long  as  the  proceeding   initiated  by  the  petition  or  thereafter  initiated pursuant to such   advance notice is pending.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 651 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 14 - Submission and Adoption 651 - Petition.

§  651.  Petition.  Upon  the  filing  with  the clerk of the board of   supervisors of a petition signed by electors  of  the  county  equal  in   number  to  at least ten per centum of the whole number of votes cast in   the county for governor at the last gubernatorial election asking that a   referendum be held on the question of adopting one  of  the  alternative   forms  of  county government authorized by this chapter, with or without   variations, the board of supervisors shall  cause  the  question  to  be   submitted  to  the  electors  of  the  county  in the manner hereinafter   provided. Proceedings may be instituted and maintained  to  contest  the   sufficiency  and  validity of any petition in the manner provided in the   election law, as though such petition were a  designating  petition.  If   the  petition be sufficient and valid, the board of supervisors shall by   resolution cause the question to be submitted to  the  electors  of  the   county  for  approval  or  disapproval  at  the  next  general  election   occurring in an odd-numbered year and not less than sixty days after the   date on which the petition is filed.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 652 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 14 - Submission and Adoption 652 - Resolution.

§  652.  Resolution.  The  board  of  supervisors  of  a county may by   resolution duly adopted provide for submission to the  electors  of  the   county  of  one of the alternative forms of county government authorized   by this chapter,  with  or  without  variations,  at  the  next  general   election  occurring in an odd-numbered year and not less than forty-five   days after the adoption of the resolution; provided,  however,  that  no   such  resolution  shall be adopted by the board of supervisors after the   initiation of a proceeding for the adoption of an  alternative  form  of   county  government,  with  or  without  variations,  by  the filing of a   petition therefor, or subsequent to ten days following the filing of  an   advance  notice  of  filing  such  a petition, so long as the proceeding   initiated by the petition  or  thereafter  initiated  pursuant  to  such   advance notice is pending.
NY Alt Cty Govt L § 653 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ACG - Alternative County Government Article 14 - Submission and Adoption 653 - Form of Petition or Resolution.

§  653. Form of petition or resolution. The petition or resolution, as   the case may be, shall specify:  (a)  the  alternative  form  of  county   government  proposed,  unless the form is a continuation of the existing   form; and (b) the variation or variations proposed,  if  any,  including   any  proposed  transfer  of  functions  or  other additional arrangement   authorized by this chapter.