Title ACG, Alternative County Government

§ 601. County finance. The provisions of the local finance law shall\ncontinue to apply to a county which has adopted an alternative form of\ncounty government under this chapter.\n

§ 602. County taxes and assessments. The provisions of the tax law or\nother applicable general or special statute shall continue to apply to a\ncounty which has adopted an alternative form of county government.\n

§ 603. County board of elections. There shall be a county board of\nelections to be appointed by the board of supervisors in the manner and\nfor such term as provided by the election law. The county board of\nelections shall continue to have and exercise all functions, powers an…

§ 604. Administration of education. Nothing in this chapter shall be\nconstrued to affect or impair the administration of education within the\ncounty.\n

§ 605. Advisory and planning boards. The county executive, upon\nauthorization by the board of supervisors, may appoint a board of\nelectors of the county to act in an advisory capacity to himself or to\nthe head of any administrative unit under his jurisdiction. The members\nof…

§ 606. Citizenship and residence requirements for department heads and\ndeputies. The head of each department or office and each deputy\nappointed under or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, at\nthe time of his appointment and throughout the incumbency of his offi…

§ 607. Retirement system. Persons who are members of an existing\npension or retirement system, or beneficiaries or prospective\nbeneficiaries thereof, shall continue to have the rights, privileges,\nobligations and status with respect to such system which are now or\nhereafter …

§ 608. Civil service. Appointments and promotions in the county\ngovernment shall continue to be made in accordance with the provisions\nof the civil service law and rules of civil service.\n

§ 609. Continuity of authority. The performance of functions by a\ndepartment, office or agency to which they are assigned pursuant to the\nprovisions of this chapter shall be deemed and held to constitute a\ncontinuation thereof for the purpose of succession to all rights,\npow…

§ 610. Completion of unfinished business. Any proceeding or other\nbusiness undertaken or commenced by a department, office or agency, the\nfunctions, powers and duties whereof are assigned, may be conducted and\ncompleted by the head of the department, office or agency to which…

§ 611. Oath of office; official undertaking. 1. The county executive\nand each other officer whose compensation is paid from county funds\nshall take and file an official oath in the manner prescribed in section\nten of the public officers law and the provisions of section four\…

§ 612. Application. The provisions of this article shall apply to any\ncounty adopting one of the alternative forms of county government\nprovided by this chapter.\n

§ 650. Initiation of proceeding. A proceeding for adoption of an\nalternative form of county government may be initiated by petition, or\nby resolution of the board of supervisors of the county; provided,\nhowever, that no such resolution shall be adopted by the board of\nsuperv…

§ 651. Petition. Upon the filing with the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors of a petition signed by electors of the county equal in\nnumber to at least ten per centum of the whole number of votes cast in\nthe county for governor at the last gubernatorial election asking that a\…

§ 652. Resolution. The board of supervisors of a county may by\nresolution duly adopted provide for submission to the electors of the\ncounty of one of the alternative forms of county government authorized\nby this chapter, with or without variations, at the next general\nelecti…

§ 653. Form of petition or resolution. The petition or resolution, as\nthe case may be, shall specify: (a) the alternative form of county\ngovernment proposed, unless the form is a continuation of the existing\nform; and (b) the variation or variations proposed, if any, includin…

§ 654. Advance notice of petition; effect. Any elector of the county\nmay file with the clerk of the board of supervisors advance notice of\nhis intention to prepare, circulate and file a petition for the\nsubmission of any question authorized by this chapter. Any such notice\ns…

§ 655. Question. 1. Unless the proposal is for a variation or\nvariations of an existing form, the first question submitted shall\nindicate by name the alternative form of county government proposed and\nshall be substantially in the form indicated below. Each variation\npropose…

§ 656. Submission of question; adoption; effect. 1. The board of\nelections shall cause such question to be submitted to the electors of\nthe county in the manner provided in the election law. The provisions of\nsection one hundred two of the county law, so far as applicable, sh…

§ 700. Construction. 1. The provisions of this chapter shall be\nliberally construed for the purpose of effectuating the intent of the\npeople in adopting section two of article nine of the constitution. It\nis the intent of the legislature to set forth the structure of the\nalt…

§ 701. Saving clauses. 1. Nothing herein shall be deemed to affect,\nimpair or supersede the provisions of any alternative or optional form\nof county government, administrative code, county government law, civil\ndivisions act, or any local law heretofore or hereafter adopted p…

§ 702. Laws repealed. Chapter eight hundred sixty-two of the laws of\nnineteen hundred thirty-seven, entitled "An act in relation to providing\nalternative forms of county government, constituting chapter eleven-a of\nthe consolidated laws," and all acts amendatory thereof or su…

§ 703. Time of taking effect. This chapter shall take effect\nimmediately, except as otherwise provided in and with respect to section\nseven hundred two.\n