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NY A08572
Bill
Status
1/11/2024
Primary Sponsor
Fred Thiele
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AI Summary
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Lowers the minimum population requirement for village incorporation from 2,000 to 1,500 regular inhabitants in New York State.
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Applies the reduced population threshold to village incorporation petitions under Village Law sections 2-200, 2-202, and 2-206.
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Establishes an exception for two specific village incorporation petitions filed in February 2017 and May 2019 in a town with over 90,000 residents in a county with over 900,000 residents, allowing them to proceed under pre-2023 rules through January 1, 2040.
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Requires a state-funded fiscal and service study by the Center for Government Research to be posted on the Department of State website for 90 days before any referendum for the excepted petitions, with submission deadline of April 1, 2024.
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Sets the effective date as January 1, 2024, aligning with the 2023 village incorporation law amendments (S. 7538 and A. 7754).
Legislative Description
Relates to the immediate incorporation of villages containing one thousand five hundred persons or less; amends the effective date of a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the village law relating to the incorporation of villages, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.7538 and A.7754.
Last Action
substituted by s8007
1/22/2024