Title TWN, Town

§ 53-b. Deputy department heads. The town board may appoint such\ndeputy department heads as may be authorized by act of the legislature\nor local law, with power to act generally for and in place of their\nprincipals, and the office of such a deputy shall be in the exempt class…

§ 53-c. Terms of office. The head of a department and a deputy\ndepartment head shall hold office until the first day of January next\nsucceeding the first bi-annual town election held after his appointment,\nand thereafter, shall hold office for the term of two years and until\…

§ 54. Special improvements. 1. Definition and application. (a) The\nterm "improvement" or "special improvement", as used in this section,\nshall mean any facility, service, function, activity or physical public\nbetterment which may be provided by the establishment of an improve…

§ 55. General reserve fund. 1. The town board of a suburban town may\nestablish a general reserve fund for the financing of all or part of the\ncost of town objects or purposes having periods of probable usefulness\nof at least five years pursuant to paragraph a of section 11.00…

§ 55-a. Reserve funds for improvement districts. 1. The town board of\na suburban town, on behalf of any improvement district wholly located\nwithin the town, may establish one or more reserve funds for the\nfinancing of all or part of the cost of a "specific object or purpose"\…

§ 55-b. Reserve fund for judgments and claims. 1. The town board of a\nsuburban town may establish a reserve fund for the financing of all or\npart of the cost of payment of:\n (a) Judgments or compromised or settled claims against the town; and\n (b) Awards or sums payable by t…

§ 55-c. Deposit and investment of and accounting for moneys in reserve\nfunds. 1. The money in each reserve fund established pursuant to this\narticle shall be deposited and secured in the manner provided by section\nten of the general municipal law.\n 2. The town board or the c…

§ 56. Town-village cooperation. 1. Where a suburban town and a village\nor villages therein create one or more joint municipal survey committees\npursuant to article twelve-C of the general municipal law and where such\na committee makes a recommendation relating to the provisio…

§ 57. Dissolution of special improvement districts. 1. Whenever the\ntown board of a suburban town shall determine after a public hearing as\nhereinafter provided that it is in the public interest to manage,\nmaintain, operate and repair as a town function, pursuant to title fiv…

§ 57-a. Special improvement district commissioners; abolition of\noffice. 1. Except where the town board of a town shall by at least a\nthree-fourths vote of the whole number of its members taken not later\nthan July first in the year in which it adopts a resolution to become a\…

§ 58. Town manager. Any town may, by local law, establish the office\nof town manager, provide for his appointment and delegate to such office\nsuch powers and duties as may be prescribed, modified or revoked from\ntime to time by the town board.\n

§ 58-a. Powers and duties. The town manager shall be the chief\nadministrative officer of the town and may be given such powers and\nduties by local law, as the town board in its discretion shall prescribe\nnotwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law to the\ncon…

§ 60. Town board constituted. 1. In every town the supervisor and the\ntown council members shall constitute the town board and shall be vested\nwith all the powers of such a town and shall possess and exercise all\nthe powers and be subject to all the duties now or hereafter im…

§ 60-a. Removal of town justices from town board. 1. Notwithstanding\nany provision of this chapter or any other law to the contrary, in any\ntown in which a town justice serves as a member of the town board, a\nvacancy shall be created and is hereby created on the town board up…

§ 61. Commissions abolished. Every separate board of commissioners is\nhereby abolished, except fire district commissioners, and commissioners\nof districts created pursuant to the provisions of chapter four hundred\ntwenty-three of the laws of nineteen hundred seventeen and cha…

§ 62. Meetings of town board. 1. The town board of every town shall\nmeet on or before the twentieth day of January in each year for the\npurpose of making the annual accounting by town officers and employees\nas required by section one hundred twenty-three of this chapter. The\…

§ 63. Presiding officer and rules of procedure. The supervisor, when\npresent, shall preside at the meetings of the town board. In the absence\nof the supervisor, the other members shall designate one of their\nmembers to act as temporary chairman. A majority of the board shall\…

§ 64. General powers of town boards. Subject to law and the provisions\nof this chapter, the town board of every town:\n 1. Control of town finances. Shall have the general management and\ncontrol of the finances of the town and shall designate in the manner\nprovided by section…

* § 64-a. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park or\nrecreational purposes. The town of Hempstead having acquired certain\nproperty for park or recreational purposes in the Lido Beach-Point\nLookout area shall have the power and authority with respect to such\np…

* § 64-b. Powers of town with respect to municipal deposits in\nnational banks in liquidation. Whenever the depositors and other\nunsecured creditors of a national bank, representing at least sixty per\ncentum in amount of its total net unsecured liabilities as shown by the\nboo…

* § 64-c. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for park and\nrecreational purposes. The town of Hempstead, having acquired certain\nproperty for park and recreational purposes in Lido Beach known as the\nLido Golf Club and the Lido Cabana Club shall have the power and\…

§ 64-d. Payment in lieu of taxes for property acquired for open space\npurposes. The town of Southampton, Suffolk county, shall have the power\nand authority with respect to property acquired for open space purposes\nto pay or transfer out of any town funds available to it, annu…

§ 64-e. Peconic Bay region community preservation funds. 1. As used\nin this section, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Peconic Bay region" means the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead,\nShelter Island, Southampton and Southold.\n (b) "Commun…

§ 64-ee. Peconic Bay region septic system replacement loan program. 1.\nAs used in this section, the following words and terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Peconic Bay region" means the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead,\nShelter Island, Southampton and Southold.\n …

§ 64-f. Town of Brookhaven community preservation fund. 1. As used in\nthis section, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Brookhaven in the county of Suffolk.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of…

§ 64-g. Town of Warwick preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Warwick.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivision f…

§ 64-h. Town of Red Hook preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Red Hook.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivision…

* § 64-i. Town of Chatham preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Chatham.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivision…

* § 64-i. Town of Fishkill preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Fishkill.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivisi…

§ 64-j. Town of Northeast preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Northeast.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivisi…

§ 64-k. Peconic Bay region community housing fund. 1. Definitions. As\nused in this section, the following words and terms shall have the\nfollowing meanings:\n (a) "Peconic Bay region" means the towns of East Hampton, Riverhead,\nShelter Island, Southampton, and Southold.\n (b)…

* § 64-l. Town of Chester preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Chester.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivision…

* § 64-l. Town of Orangetown preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Orangetown.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdi…

* § 64-l. Town of Copake preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Copake.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivision f…

§ 64-m. Town of Clarkstown preservation funds. 1. As used in this\nsection, the following words and terms shall have the following\nmeanings:\n (a) "Town" means the town of Clarkstown.\n (b) "Community preservation" shall mean and include any of the\npurposes outlined in subdivi…

§ 65. Actions and proceedings by and against towns. 1. Any action or\nspecial proceeding for or against a town, or for its benefit, and upon a\ncontract lawfully made with it, or with any of its officers or agents\nauthorized to contract in its behalf, or to enforce any liabilit…

§ 65-a. Liability of towns and town superintendents of highways in\ncertain actions. 1. No civil action shall be maintained against any town\nor town superintendent of highways for damages or injuries to person or\nproperty sustained by reason of any highway, bridge or culvert b…

§ 66. Place of trial of actions and proceedings against towns;\ninhabitants not incompetent to act thereat. 1. The place of trial of all\nactions and proceedings against a town or any of its officers or boards\nshall be the county in which the town is situated.\n 2. Upon the tri…

§ 67. Presentation of claims for torts: actions against towns. 1. Any\nclaim including a claim specified in section sixty-five-a of this\nchapter which may be made against the town or town superintendent of\nhighways for damages for wrong or injury to person or property or for\n…

§ 68. Compromise of actions, proceedings or claims. 1. The town board\nof any town may compromise or settle:\n a. An action or proceeding against the town, with the approval of the\ncourt in which such action or proceeding is pending.\n b. Any claim presented pursuant to section…

§ 69. Duties of town board with respect to justice courts. Each town\nboard shall provide for each justice of the peace such statutes,\nmanuals, books, forms and supplies as may be necessary for the proper\nadministration of his office. The expenses incurred in complying with\nt…

* § 73. Alteration of town boundaries. 1. A petition signed, and\nacknowledged or proved, or authenticated in the manner provided in\narticle six for the purpose of altering the boundary lines or the\ndivision of a town may be filed as herein provided. The petition shall\ndescri…

* § 74. Effective date of alteration or division. 1. When only the\nboundary lines are altered between two towns, the same shall be\neffective on the first of July next succeeding the adoption of the\nproposition. The town board of the respective towns shall prior thereto\nmake …

§ 75. Disposition of town property on alteration of boundaries. When\nthe boundaries of a town owning real or personal property shall be\naltered, either by a division of a town into two or more towns or by the\nannexation of a part of its territory to another town or towns, the…

§ 76. Apportionment of debts on division of towns. Debts owed by a\ntown so divided or altered shall be apportioned in the same manner as\nthe personal property of a town, and each town shall be charged with its\nshare of the debts, according to the apportionment, and the amount…

§ 77. Meetings of town boards on alteration of boundaries. Whenever a\nmeeting of the town boards of two or more towns shall be required, in\norder to carry into effect the provisions of this article, such meeting\nmay be called by either of the supervisors of such towns, by giv…

§ 78. Right of action upon failure of towns whose boundaries are\naltered to agree upon disposition of assets and debts. Whenever said\ntown boards shall fail to carry into effect the provisions of this\narticle and agree upon the amount of assets to which each town is\nentitled…

§ 79. Application of article. The provisions of this article shall\napply to towns heretofore and hereafter divided or altered.\n

§ 79-a Dissolution of certain towns. 1. Any town having no bonded\nindebtedness may be dissolved and may be annexed to and become a part of\nan adjoining town in the same county, upon compliance with the following\nconditions:\n a. The submission at a special or biennial town el…

§ 80. Biennial town elections. Notwithstanding any provision of any\ngeneral, special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution,\nrule or regulation to the contrary, a biennial town election for the\nelection of town officers, other than town justices or any town office…