LL 08 Limiting Consecutive Terms of Town Board Members & Town Supervisor STATE OF NEW YORK
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
ONE COMMERCE PLAZA ANDREW M.CUOMO
99 WASHINGTON AVENUE GOVERNOR
ALBANY,NY 12231-0001 ROSSANA ROSADO
WWW.DOS.NY.GOV SECRETARY OF STATE
November 14, 2016
Rose Mellon
Deputy Town Clerk II
742 Bay Road
Queensbury NY 12804
RE: Town of Queensbury, Local Law 8 2016, filed on November 14, 2016
Dear Sir/Madam:
The above referenced material was filed by this office as indicated. Additional
local law filing forms can be obtained from our website, www.dos.ny.gov.
Sincerely,
State Records and Law Bureau
(518) 473-2492
NEWYORK Department
STATE OF
OPPORTUNITY, of State
TOWN OF QUEENSBURY
"Home of Natural Beauty...A Good Place to Live" Settled 1763
November 8, 2016
New York State Dept. of State
One Commerce Plaza
99 Washington Avenue
Albany,NY 12231-0001
To Whom It May Concern:
Enclosed please find Local Laws 8 of 2016 (Local Law Limiting Consecutive Terms of Town
Board Members and Town Supervisor)to be filed in your office.
If you have any questions,please feel free to contact this office.
Respectfully,
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Rose Mellon
Deputy Town Clerk II
Town of Queensbury
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742 Bay Road ♦ Queensbury,NY 12804 ♦ Phone: 518-761-8201 ♦ www.queensburynet
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RESOLUTION ADOPTING LOCAL LAW NO. 8 OF 2016 LIMITING
CONSECUTIVE TERMS OF TOWN BOARD MEMBERS
AND TOWN SUPERVISOR
RESOLUTION NO.: 358,2016
INTRODUCED BY: Mr. Brian Clements
WHO MOVED ITS ADOPTION
SECONDED BY: Mr. Anthony Metivier
WHEREAS, the Queensbury Town Board wishes to consider adoption of Local Law No.: 8
of 2016 to limit the number of consecutive years which may be served by a Town Councilperson
and by a Town Supervisor, and
WHEREAS, this legislation is authorized in accordance with New York Municipal Home
Rule Law §10, and
WHEREAS, the Town Board duly held a Public Hearing on the proposed Local Law on
Monday,November 71h, 2016 and heard all interested persons,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT
RESOLVED, that the Queensbury Town Board hereby adopts Local Law No. 8 of 2016 as
amended and presented at this meeting, and
BE IT FURTHER,
RESOLVED, that the Town Board hereby authorizes and directs the Town Clerk to file the
Local Law with the New York Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of the
Municipal Home Rule Law and acknowledges that the Local Law will take effect immediately
upon filing by the Secretary of State.
Duly adopted this 71h day of November 2016, by the following vote:
AYES Mr. Metivier, Mr. Clements, Mr. Irish, Mr. Strough
NOES None
ABSENT: Mr. VanNess
i New York State Department of State
Division of Corporations,State Records and Uniform Commercial Code
One Commerce Plaza,99 Washington Avenue
Local Law Filing Albany, at 1 www.dos.state.ny.us/corps
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Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated and do not use
italics or underlining to indicate new matter.
❑County ❑City ®Town ❑Village
(Select one.)
Of Queensbury
Local Law No. 8► of the year 20 16
A local law Limiting Consecutive Terms of Town Board Members
(Insert Title)
And Town Supervisor
Town BOard
Be it enacted by the of the
(Name of Legislative Body)
❑County [-]City [3Town ❑Village
(Select one.)
of Queensbury as follows:
Section 1. Policy, Authority — It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the Town of
Queensbury to limit to not more than twelve (12) consecutive years the time elected officials can
serve as Town Councilperson or Town Supervisor so that elected representatives are "citizen
representatives"who are responsive to the needs of the people and are not career politicians. It is
adopted pursuant to New York Municipal Home Rule Law Section 10.
Section 2. Limitations on Terms of Office — Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary
contained in this Code, no person shall be eligible to be elected to or serve in the office of Town
Councilperson or Town Supervisor if that person had previously held such office for twelve (12)
consecutive years, unless one full term or more has elapsed since that person last held such
office. The service of twelve (12) years in one of the two positions shall not prohibit immediate
subsequent service in the other position. The calculation of such twelve (12) year limit on
consecutive service shall begin with terms starting after the general election to be held in
November,2017.
Section 3. Repealer; Supersession —All Local Laws or Ordinances or parts of Local Laws or
Ordinances in conflict with any part of this Local law are hereby repealed.
(If additional space is needed,attach pages the same size as this sheet,and number each.)
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Section 4. Severability — The invalidity of any clause, sentence, paragraph or provision of this
Local Law shall not invalidate any other clause, sentence,paragraph or part thereof.
Section 5. Effective Date — This Local Law shall take effect upon filing by the office of the
New York Secretary of State.
(2)
(Complete the certification in the paragraph that applies to the filing of this local law and
strike out that which is not applicable.)
1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.)
1 hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. $ of 20 16 of
the(Cl§Mf AQCW(Town)(% )of 4ueensbury was duly passed by the
Town Board on 1 1 /7/ 20 16 , in accordance with the applicable
(Name of Legislative Body)
provisions of law.
2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval, no disapproval or repassage after disapproval by the Elective
Chief Executive Officer*.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the(County)(City)(Town)(Village)of was duly passed by the
on 20 , and was(approved)(not approved)
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval) by the and was deemed duly adopted
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
on 20m, in accordance w ith the applicable provisions of law.
3. (Final adoption by referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the(County)(City)(Town)(Village)of was duly passed by the
on 20 , and was(approved)(not approved)
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval)by the on 20
(Elective Chief Executive O>licer*)
Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a (mandatory)(permissive)referendum,and received the affirmative
vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting thereon at the(general)(special)(annual)election held on
20 , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
4. (Subject to permissive referendum and final adoption because no valid petition was filed requesting referendum.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the(County)(City)(Town)(Village)of was duly passed by the
on 20 , and was(approved)(not approved)
(Name of Legislative Body)
(repassed after disapproval) by the on 20 . Such local
(Elective Chief Executive Officer*)
law was subject to permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum was filed as of
20 , in accordance with the applicable provisions of law.
*Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county-wide basis or,if there
be none,the chairperson of the county legislative body,the mayor of a city or village,or the supervisor of a town where such officer is
vested with the power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances.
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5. (City local law concerning Charter revision proposed by petition.)
I,-hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the City of having been submitted to referendum pursuant to the provisions of section(36)(37)of
the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of such city voting
thereon at the(special)(general)election held on 20 , became operative.
6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.)
I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. of 20 of
the County of State of New York, having been submitted to the electors at the General Election of
November 20 , pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of section 33 of the Municipal Home Rule Law, and having
received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cities of said county as a unit and a majority of the
qualified electors of the towns of said county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative.
(If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate certification.)
I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that the same is a
correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law,nas finally adopted' the anner indicated in
paragraph , 1 _ above.
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Clerk of the county legislative body,City, own or Village Clerk or
officer designated by local legislative body
(Seal) Date:
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Ms. Caroline H. Barber:
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LL No. 8-2016
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