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NY Town L § 68 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 68 - Compromise of Actions, Proceedings or Claims.

§  68. Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims. 1. The town board   of any town may compromise or settle:a. An action or proceeding against the town, with the approval of  the   court in which such action or proceeding is pending.b. Any claim presented pursuant to section sixty-five-a or sixty-seven   of  this chapter, with the approval of a justice of the supreme court of   the judicial district in which such town is located.2. The order of the court or the justice approving such settlement  or   compromise  may  be  granted  upon  the motion of an officer of the town   designated by the town board, supported by the affidavit of such officer   setting forth the cause of action or the claim against the town and also   such other information which, in his opinion, will enable the  court  or   the  justice  to  arrive  at  a  determination  that  such compromise or   settlement is just, reasonable and to the interest  of  the  town.  Such   officer  may  also present the affidavits of other persons in support of   his motion. The court or the justice, in  order  to  arrive  at  such  a   determination,   may   require   such   officer  to  present  additional   information by a supplemental affidavit or  affidavits  or  may  require   other persons to present additional information by their affidavits.3.  Upon  obtaining the approval of the court or the justice, the town   board may pay the amount of such compromise or settlement from funds  or   sources  authorized  pursuant  to  section  one  hundred  twelve of this   chapter.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the  town   board  of  any  town  may compromise or settle any action, proceeding or   claim against the town upon such terms as said board shall determine are   just, reasonable and to the interest of the town.
NY Town L § 69 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 4 - Town Boards 69 - Duties of Town Board With Respect to Justice Courts.

§  69.  Duties of town board with respect to justice courts. Each town   board shall provide  for  each  justice  of  the  peace  such  statutes,   manuals,  books,  forms  and supplies as may be necessary for the proper   administration of his office. The expenses incurred  in  complying  with   the  foregoing  provisions  shall be a town charge within the meaning of   this chapter.
NY Town L § 74 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 74 - Effective Date of Alteration or Division.

*  §  74.  Effective  date of alteration or division. 1. When only the   boundary lines  are  altered  between  two  towns,  the  same  shall  be   effective  on  the  first  of  July  next succeeding the adoption of the   proposition. The town board of the respective towns shall prior  thereto   make  all  necessary alterations in the election districts in such town.   The term of any town officer shall not be  abridged  by  reason  of  any   alteration in town lines.2.  When  a  town is divided into two or more towns, the same shall be   effective for the purposes of exercise of governmental functions on  the   first day of January next succeeding the first biennial town election at   which  town  officers  for the new towns may be elected. All officers of   the town in office on such  first  day  of  January  shall  continue  in   office,  unless  a  vacancy occurs, until the expiration of the term for   which elected or appointed. The town board shall prior to such effective   date, make  all  necessary  alterations  or  creation  of  new  election   districts as provided in the election law.*  NB  This  section  partially  repealed  by  chapter  73/64. Certain   provisions were retained by opinion of the Atty. Gen. (Inf.)  October 1,   1981;(Inf.) 195/1975; and (Inf.) 143/1977.
NY Town L § 75 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 75 - Disposition of Town Property on Alteration of Boundaries.

§  75. Disposition of town property on alteration of boundaries.  When   the boundaries of a town owning  real  or  personal  property  shall  be   altered, either by a division of a town into two or more towns or by the   annexation of a part of its territory to another town or towns, the town   boards  of  the several towns affected by such alterations shall meet as   soon as may be after the first biennial town elections subsequently held   in such towns, and shall make such agreement concerning the  disposition   to  be made of such real and personal property, and the apportionment of   the proceeds, as they shall deem equitable and take  all  measures,  and   execute  all  conveyances necessary to carry such agreement into effect.   If no such agreement shall be made within six  months  after  such  town   elections, the town board of each town in which any portion of such real   property, or in whose possession any of such personal property shall be,   shall, as soon as may be, sell and convey such part of the real property   as  shall  be  included  within  the limits of the town as fixed by such   alteration, and  such  of  the  personal  property  as  may  be  in  its   possession;  and the proceeds arising from the sale shall be apportioned   between the several towns interested therein, by the town boards of  all   the  towns,  according to the amount of the taxable property of the town   divided or altered, as the same existed immediately before such division   or alteration, to be ascertained by the  last  assessment-roll  of  such   town. No town cemetery or burialground shall be sold or divided, but the   same  shall  belong  to the town within which it may be situated after a   division of the town shall  have  been  made,  and  no  lots  heretofore   granted  by  the people of this state to any town for the support of the   gospel and of schools, commonly called the gospel and school lots, shall   be so sold or apportioned.
NY Town L § 76 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 76 - Apportionment of Debts on Division of Towns.

§  76.  Apportionment  of  debts on division of towns. Debts owed by a   town so divided or altered shall be apportioned in the  same  manner  as   the personal property of a town, and each town shall be charged with its   share  of  the  debts, according to the apportionment, and the amount of   the unpaid taxes levied and assessed upon the taxable  property  of  the   town,  divided  or  altered,  before the division or alteration thereof,   shall be apportioned  between  the  several  towns  interested  therein,   according  to  the  amount  of taxable property in each town as the same   existed before such division or alteration, to  be  ascertained  by  the   last  assessment-roll  of the town. In making such division, there shall   be set off to each town interested the unpaid taxes assessed and  levied   upon  the real property within its borders and such as were assessed and   levied upon  personal  property  against  persons  or  corporations  who   resided within its borders at the time of the assessment; and each town,   to  which the same are apportioned, shall have the same power, right and   methods of collecting the same by warrant, action, sale or otherwise, as   the town so divided or altered had, or would have had if such  town  had   not  been so divided or altered.  Any such town having apportioned to it   more than its proportion of unpaid taxes,  according  to  the  aforesaid   taxable  property, to be ascertained by the last assessment-roll of such   town, shall pay to the other town or towns interested, such sum or  sums   as  shall  be  necessary  to make such apportionment correspond with the   said taxable property, as ascertained by the said  last  assessment-roll   of said town, before the said division or alteration.
NY Town L § 77 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 77 - Meetings of Town Boards on Alteration of Boundaries.

§  77. Meetings of town boards on alteration of boundaries. Whenever a   meeting of the town boards of two or more towns shall  be  required,  in   order  to carry into effect the provisions of this article, such meeting   may be called by either of the supervisors of such towns, by  giving  at   least  three  days' written notice to all the other members of such town   boards of the time and place of such meeting.
NY Town L § 78 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 78 - Right of Action Upon Failure of Towns Whose Boundaries Are Altered to Agree Upon Disposition of Assets and Debts.

§  78.  Right  of  action  upon  failure of towns whose boundaries are   altered to agree upon disposition of assets  and  debts.  Whenever  said   town  boards  shall  fail  to  carry  into effect the provisions of this   article and agree upon the amount  of  assets  to  which  each  town  is   entitled,  and  the amount of indebtedness for which each town is liable   and complete the full settlement thereof, within eighteen  months  after   the  division  or  alteration  mentioned in section seventy-five of this   article, any of such towns may begin and maintain an action against  the   other town or towns to make and enforce such settlement.
NY Town L § 79 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 5 - Alteration of Boundaries 79 - Application of Article.

§  79.  Application  of  article. The provisions of this article shall   apply to towns heretofore and hereafter divided or altered.
NY Town L § 80 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 80 - Biennial Town Elections.

§  80.  Biennial  town elections. Except as otherwise provided in this   chapter, a biennial town election for the election of town officers  and   for  the  consideration of such questions as may be proposed by the town   board or the duly qualified electors, pursuant to the provisions of this   chapter, shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding the  first  Monday   in  November  of  every  odd-numbered year. All other town elections are   special elections.  A  town  election  or  special  town  election  held   pursuant to this chapter, shall be construed as a substitute, for a town   meeting or a special town meeting heretofore provided to be held by law,   and  a  reference  in  any law to a town meeting or special town meeting   shall be construed as referring to  a  town  election  or  special  town   election.
NY Town L § 82 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 82 - Notice of Submission of Proposition; Hours of Voting.

§  82.  Notice of submission of proposition; hours of voting. The town   board shall adopt a resolution at least twenty days before every special   town election designating the hours of opening and closing the polls and   the place or places of holding the election, and setting forth  in  full   all  propositions  to  be  voted upon. If the town board shall designate   more than one voting place, the resolution and  the  notice  hereinafter   provided  for  shall  specify the place at which the qualified voters of   each election district shall vote. The polls shall remain  open  for  at   least  six  consecutive  hours between eight o'clock in the forenoon and   eight o'clock in the evening. The voting upon a proposition shall be  by   ballot  and  each  proposition  submitted shall be separately stated and   numbered thereon. The town clerk shall give notice of such special  town   election  at the expense of the town by the publication of a notice in a   newspaper published in said town, if there be any, or, if there be none,   in a newspaper published in the county having general circulation in the   town, specifying the time when and place or places where  such  election   will  be held, the hours during which the polls will remain open for the   purpose of receiving ballots, and setting forth in full all propositions   to be voted upon. The first publication of such notice shall be at least   ten days prior to the time of such special election.  In  addition,  the   town clerk shall post or cause to be posted a copy of such notice on the   sign-board of the town maintained pursuant to subdivision six of section   thirty  of this chapter at least ten days prior to such election. In the   event that any such questions or propositions shall be  submitted  at  a   biennial  town  election, notice that the same will be submitted setting   them forth in full shall be published and posted  in  the  manner  above   provided for special town elections.
NY Town L § 83 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 83 - Conduct of Town Elections.

§  83. Conduct of town elections. The town board shall select from the   list of election inspectors and ballot clerks previously designated  for   general  election purposes, pursuant to the election law, persons to act   as election inspectors and ballot clerks for each voting place at  which   a  special  town  election shall be held. Election inspectors and ballot   clerks for biennial town elections shall be those appointed as  provided   by  the  election  law,  and  both  special  town elections and biennial   elections shall be conducted,  the  votes  canvassed,  and  the  results   certified and returned so far as practicable in the manner prescribed by   such  law.  Upon  the  closing  of  the polls at any election at which a   proposition or propositions shall be voted upon, the election inspectors   shall proceed to canvass the  votes  thereat  and  shall  complete  such   canvass  without  adjournment.  As soon as possible after completion the   inspectors shall file with the town clerk a  certificate  setting  forth   the  holding  of  the election, the total number of votes cast upon each   proposition,  and  the  number  of  votes  cast  for  and  against  each   proposition,  together  with the name and address of every person voting   at such election upon such proposition or propositions.
NY Town L § 85 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 85 - Ward System for Election of Councilmen.

§   85.  Ward  system  for  election  of  councilmen.  1.  Whenever  a   proposition shall have been adopted in a town of the first class for the   establishment of the ward system and  the  election  thereafter  of  one   councilman from each ward, the board of elections of the county in which   such  town  is situate shall divide the town into four wards and fix the   boundaries thereof, unless a proposition  shall  have  been  adopted  to   increase  the  number of councilmen from four to six, in which instance,   the board of elections shall divide the town into six wards and fix  the   boundaries thereof. In so dividing the town into wards, no town election   district  shall  be  divided and no election district thereafter created   under the election law shall contain parts of two or more wards. So  far   as  possible  the division shall be so made that the number of voters in   each ward shall be approximately equal.   When the  board  of  elections   shall  have  finally  determined the boundaries of the wards, they shall   cause a map of the town to be prepared showing in detail the location of   each ward and the boundaries thereof. The original map so made shall  be   filed  in the office of the town clerk and copies thereof shall be filed   in the offices of the county clerk and the board  of  elections  of  the   county. The ward system shall be deemed established after such filing is   complete.  After  a ward system shall have been so established, the term   of office of every town councilman shall terminate on  the  thirty-first   day  of  December  next succeeding the first biennial town election held   not less than one hundred twenty days after the  establishment  of  such   ward system, and at such biennial town election, and every biennial town   election  thereafter, one resident elector of each ward shall be elected   as councilman therefrom for a term of two years beginning on  the  first   day of January next succeeding such election.2. The ward system may be abolished upon the adoption of a proposition   therefor at any special or biennial town election. At the first biennial   town  election  held at least one hundred twenty days after the adoption   of a proposition to abolish the ward system for election of  councilmen,   the  electors  of  the  town shall elect one-half of the total number of   town councilmen for the term of two years each and one-half of the total   number of town councilmen for the term  of  four  years  each.  At  each   biennial  town  election held thereafter there shall be elected one-half   of the total number of town councilmen for the term of four years  each.   The terms of all such councilmen shall begin on the first day of January   next succeeding the date of their election.
NY Town L § 86 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 86 - Town Elections in the County of Broome.

§  86. Town elections in the county of Broome. Biennial town elections   in the several towns of the county of Broome, for the election  of  town   officers  and for the consideration of such questions as may be proposed   by the town board or  the  duly  qualified  electors,  pursuant  to  the   provisions of this chapter, shall be held on the Tuesday next succeeding   the  first  Monday  in  November of every even-numbered year.  All other   town elections in towns of such  county  are  special  elections.    All   elective  town  officers of the several towns in the county in office at   the time this section takes effect, shall continue  in  office  for  the   terms for which elected and until their successors have been elected and   have  qualified.  The  town  officers to be elected at any such election   shall be those and only those elective town officers of a  town  of  the   second class, unless such town shall have determined to become a town of   the  first  class, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, and shall   be elected for terms prescribed by this chapter.
NY Town L § 87 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 6 - Town Elections 87 - Increase or Decrease of Number of Councilmen.

§  87.  Increase  or  decrease  of number of councilmen. 1. Whenever a   proposition shall have been adopted in a town of the first  class  which   shall  not  have  established the ward system, to increase the number of   councilmen from four to six, party nominations for town  councilmen  may   be  made  and designating petitions filed and four town councilmen shall   be elected at the first biennial town election held at least one hundred   fifty days thereafter, three for a term of four years each and one for a   term of two years and thereafter at each biennial town election in  such   town  there  shall be elected three town councilmen for the term of four   years each, in the same manner as other elective town officers  in  such   town.  The  term  of  office  of each such councilman shall begin on the   first day of January next  succeeding  the  election  at  which  he  was   elected.2.  Whenever  a  proposition  shall have been adopted in a town of the   first class which  shall  not  have  established  the  ward  system,  to   increase  the  number  of councilmen from two to four, party nominations   for town councilmen may be made  and  designating  petitions  filed  and   three  town  councilmen  shall  be  elected  at  the first biennial town   election held at least one hundred fifty days thereafter, two for  terms   of  four  years  each and one for a term of two years, and thereafter at   each biennial town election in such town, there  shall  be  elected  two   town  councilmen  for  terms  of  four years each, in the same manner as   other elective town officers in such town. The term of  office  of  each   such  town  councilman  shall  begin  on  the  first day of January next   succeeding the election at which he was elected.3. Whenever a proposition shall have been adopted in  a  town  of  the   first class to reduce the number of councilmen from four to two, no town   councilmen  shall be elected at the first biennial town election held at   least one hundred fifty days after the  adoption  of  such  proposition.   Party  nominations  for  town  councilmen  may  be  made and designating   petitions filed and two town councilmen shall be elected at the biennial   town election next succeeding the biennial town  election  at  which  no   town  councilmen  are elected, one for a term of two years and one for a   term of four years and thereafter at each biennial town election in such   town there shall be elected one town  councilman  for  a  term  of  four   years,  in the same manner as other elective town officers in such town.   The term of office of each such councilman shall begin on the first  day   of January next succeeding the election at which he was elected.
NY Town L § 90 (2021)
2021 New York Laws TWN - Town Article 7 - Permissive Referendum 90 - Acts or Resolutions of the Town Board That Are Subject to a Referendum on Petition.

§  90.  Acts  or  resolutions  of the town board that are subject to a   referendum on petition. Whenever this chapter  shall  expressly  provide   that  an  act or resolution of the town board is subject to a permissive   referendum, such act or resolution shall be subject to a  referendum  on   petition as set forth in the next section, unless a proposition therefor   shall  have  been  adopted at a town election. Within ten days after the   adoption by the town board of any  resolution  which  is  subject  to  a   permissive  referendum  as  above  defined,  the town clerk, in the same   manner as provided for notice of a  special  election,  shall  post  and   publish  a  notice which shall set forth the date of the adoption of the   resolution and contain an abstract of such act or  resolution  concisely   stating  the  purpose  and effect thereof. The notice shall specify that   such resolution was adopted subject to a permissive referendum.