[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook
as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 7-9-1990 by L.L. No. 5-1990 (Ch. 22, Art. I, of
the 1978 Code)]
The terms of office of the positions of Town Clerk and Town
Tax Collector shall be changed and extended from two years to four
years commencing with the term following the next biennial election
of 1991.
This article shall take effect upon the receipt of the affirmative
vote of a majority of qualified electors at the general election to
be held on November 6, 1990,[1] and the submission to the office of the Secretary of State
of the State of New York.
[1]
Editor's Note: This article was approved at referendum
held on November 6, 1990.
[Adopted 4-11-2005 by L.L. No. 2-2005]
Notwithstanding the provisions of § 24 of the Town
Law of the State of New York or any general law, and at least 90 days
prior to any biennial Town election, the Town Board of the Town of
Kinderhook may adopt a resolution to provide that the term of office
of each or any elective Town official thereafter elected shall be
four years, and such resolution shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the Town of Kinderhook for their approval or disapproval
at the next biennial Town election. No such resolution shall become
effective until approved by the majority of the qualified electors
of the Town of Kinderhook voting on such proposition. The submission
of such proposition shall be as provided in Article 7 of the New York
State Town Law for a referendum thereunder, in like manner as if a
petition therefor had been filed in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter 62 of the New York State Town Law, except that such proposition
shall be submitted only at a biennial Town election as hereinafter
provided. If the Town Board of the Town of Kinderhook shall have adopted
such a resolution, and if a majority of the votes cast on any such
proposition when submitted as herein provided shall be in the affirmative,
the terms of office of those Town officers included in such proposition
and elected at the biennial Town election at which the proposition
was approved shall be for a period of four years. Thereafter, the
term of each elective officer which was extended from two to four
years as aforesaid shall continue to be four years. (Pursuant to the
provisions of § 10 of the New York State Municipal Home
Rule Law, § 24-a, Subdivision 1, of the New York State Town
Law is hereby superseded.)
