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TOWN OF RAMAPO A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE VI OF THE TOWN CODE

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo adopted the following local law at a regular meeting held on the 25th day of January, 2023 at the Ramapo Town Hall, 237 Route 59, Suffern, New York:



TOWN OF RAMAPO
A LOCAL LAW TO AMEND CHAPTER 37, ARTICLE VI OF THE TOWN CODE



    BE IT ENACTED by the Town Board of the Town of Ramapo, County of Rockland, State of New York, as follows:

§ 37-15 Statutory authority; legislative intent.
This article is adopted pursuant to the provisions of § 10(1)(ii)(a)(1) of the Municipal Home Rule Law of the State of New York, which grants to local governments the authority to enact local laws regarding the qualifications of local officers which are not inconsistent with general state statutes. Furthermore, this article recognizes that the New York State Legislature amended Public Officers Law at § 3 exempting certain local officers from a residency requirement therefore rendering said section of the Public Officers Law to be a special rather than general law. Therefore, this article properly sets forth residency requirements for police officers in the Town of Ramapo. Nothing herein shall abrogate the requirements of New York State Civil Service Law concerning the other qualifications necessary to be employed as a police officer. Further, this article shall supersede § 3 of the Public Officers Law of the State of New York and, to the extent required, § 23 of the Town Law of the State of New York in their application to the Town of Ramapo for the position of a Town of Ramapo police officer.


§ 37-16 Residency requirement.
The person or persons holding the position of a Town of Ramapo police officer must, from the time of the initial administration of the oath of office as a police officer in the Town of Ramapo remain a Town of Ramapo resident at all times for at least two years after taking said initial oath of office as a Town of Ramapo police officer. The terms "resident" as used in this section shall have the same meaning as "residence" as defined under New York State Election Law § 1-104(22). Nothing herein shall apply to any newly hired police officers for the Town of Ramapo as a result of any merger or disbandment of any police department within the County of Rockland, New York.


Dated:    January 26, 2023
              Suffern, New York

                            SHARON OSHEROVITZ
                            Town Clerk



Town of Ramapo
Ramapo Town Hall
237 Route 59
Suffern, New York 10901

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