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Village of Wappingers Falls, NY
Dutchess County
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[Adopted 6-9-2010 by L.L. No. 8-2010]
This article shall be known as "Local Law No. 8 of the Year 2010, Residency Requirements for Public Officers of the Village of Wappingers Falls."
This article is established to allow certain public officials of the Village of Wappingers Falls to reside outside of said Village pursuant to § 3-300(2)(a) of the Village Law of the State of New York.
A. 
Provisions of § 3-300(2)(a) of the Village Law of the State of New York or any other provision of law requiring the person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen and in which his or her official functions are required to be exercised cannot prevent the following Village officers from holding said office, if such person resides in the County of Dutchess where the Village of Wappingers Falls is located.
B. 
The Village officers to which Subsection A of this section shall apply are the:
(1) 
Village Treasurer.
(2) 
Acting Village Justice.
(3) 
Deputy Village Clerk.
(4) 
Deputy Village Treasurer.
(5) 
Village Attorney.
(6) 
Building Inspector.
(7) 
Residential Garbage Clerk.
(8) 
Water Clerk.
C. 
Nothing contained here shall have any effect on previous appointments made by the Mayor and Village Board of the Village of Wappingers Falls, as each appointment was made with the specific knowledge of the residence of the appointee and with a clear waiver of any requirement pursuant to § 3-300(2)(a) of the Village Law of the State of New York.