Title ACG, Alternative County Government

§ 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "Alternative\ncounty government law."\n

§ 100. Board of supervisors. 1. A county adopting an alternative form\nof county government shall continue to have a board of supervisors. The\nsupervisors of the several cities and towns in the county, when lawfully\nconvened, shall constitute the board of supervisors.\n 2. If …

§ 101. General powers. The board of supervisors of any such county\nshall be the legislative and policy determining body of the county and\nshall, except as otherwise expressly provided in the alternative form\nadopted by the county, continue to be vested with all the functions,…

§ 102. Specific powers. In pursuance of and in addition to all powers\nspecified in section one hundred one, the board of supervisors, subject\nto the provisions of the alternative form adopted by the county, shall\nhave power to:\n 1. Create, organize, alter, consolidate or abo…

§ 150. Expiration of term. Every county executive elected or appointed\nfor a fixed term shall hold over and continue to discharge the duties of\nhis office after the expiration of his term until his successor is\nchosen and has qualified, but after the expiration of such term t…

§ 151. Compensation. The county executive shall be paid an annual\ncompensation to be fixed by the board of supervisors of the county in\naccordance with the provisions of the county law.\n

§ 152. County executive to hold no other elective office. The county\nexecutive shall, during the term for which he was elected or appointed,\nhold no other elective office, except as otherwise provided in section\nfifty of this chapter.\n

§ 153. Qualifications. A person holding the office of county executive\nshall have the qualifications prescribed by section three of the public\nofficers law, except as otherwise provided in section fifty-one of this\nchapter.\n

§ 154. Removal of county executive. 1. A county president may be\nremoved in the manner provided in sections thirty-three, thirty-four and\nthirty-five of the public officers law.\n 2. A county manager may be removed by majority vote of the whole\nnumber of the members of the bo…

§ 155. Powers and duties. 1. The county executive, except as otherwise\nprovided by this chapter or by other law, shall:\n (a) Be the administrative head of the county government.\n (b) Have supervision, direction and control over governmental\nfunctions of all administrative un…

§ 156. Deputy county executive. 1. The board of supervisors shall have\npower to authorize the county executive to appoint one or more deputy\ncounty executives. Every appointment of a deputy county executive shall\nbe in writing filed and recorded in the office of the county cl…

§ 2. Application. This chapter shall apply to all counties, except\nthat:\n 1. It shall not apply to counties within the city of New York.\n 2. It shall not affect the form of government in operation in a county\nwhich shall have heretofore adopted or shall hereafter adopt an\na…

§ 200. Departments. Each county adopting the county manager form, the\ncounty director form or the county president form shall have a\ndepartment of finance, a department of audit and control, a department\nof public works, a department of purchase and a department of public\nwe…

§ 201. Reorganization of departments. When authorized by local law,\nand in accordance with its provisions, the county executive may\nestablish additional departments or change the functions of existing\ndepartments under his jurisdiction, provide for their organization and\nmai…

§ 202. Department heads. 1. The county executive shall appoint, to\nserve during his pleasure, the head of every department or office not\nadministered by an elective official, except that an appointive auditor\nor comptroller shall always be appointed by the board of supervisor…

§ 203. Elective and appointive officers. Except as otherwise provided\nin this chapter, all officers paid from county funds shall continue to\nbe elected or appointed as provided in the constitution and laws of this\nstate.\n

§ 204. Confirmation by board of supervisors. Confirmation of\nappointment of the head of any department or office when required, shall\nbe by affirmative vote of a majority of the whole number of members of\nthe board of supervisors taken at a regular meeting or at a special\nme…

§ 205. Vacancies in elective offices. Vacancy in the offices of\nsheriff, coroner, county clerk, register, district attorney, and county\ntreasurer shall be filled by the governor with the advice and consent of\nthe senate if in session. When a vacancy shall occur, otherwise tha…

§ 206. Organization of departments and offices. Subject to approval by\nthe board of supervisors of the county, the county executive may\norganize departments and offices into such divisions, bureaus or offices\nand make such assignments of functions, powers and duties among the…

§ 207. Abolition of register or registrar. The office of register or\nregistrar, where such office exists in any county operating under an\nalternative form of county government, may be abolished by local law and\nits functions, powers and duties transferred to the county clerk,…

§ 250. Department of finance. The head of the department of finance\nshall be the director of finance, except that in counties adopting the\ncounty administrator form, the head of the department shall be the\ncounty treasurer. The director of finance shall be appointed as provid…

§ 251. Powers and duties. The director of finance, or county\ntreasurer, as the case may be, subject to the powers and authority of\nthe board of supervisors and of the county executive, shall:\n 1. Be the chief fiscal officer of the county.\n 2. Have charge of the administratio…

§ 3. Authorization; alternative forms; variations. 1. Any county is\nhereby authorized to adopt one of the alternative forms of county\ngovernment provided in this chapter in accordance with the procedure\nspecified in article fourteen.\n 2. Alternative forms of county governmen…

§ 300. Department of audit and control. 1. The head of the department\nof audit and control in a county operating under the county manager\nform, the county director form or the county president form shall be the\ncomptroller. The office of comptroller shall be elective, except …

§ 301. Powers and duties. The county comptroller shall:\n 1. Examine, audit and verify all books, records and accounts kept by\nthe various administrative units, offices, officials paid from county\nfunds, institutions and other agencies of the county, including bond and\nnote r…

§ 302. Audit and payment of claims. All claims, accounts and demands\nagainst the county shall be submitted, audited, allowed and paid in the\nmanner provided by section three hundred sixty-nine of the county law as\nnow in force or hereafter amended.\n

§ 350. Department of public works. The head of the department of\npublic works shall be the director of public works. In counties adopting\nthe county manager form, the county director form and the county\npresident form, the office of county superintendent of highways and of\nc…

§ 351. Powers and duties. The director of public works shall:\n 1. Have charge of the construction and maintenance of county roads,\nbridges, sewers, drains and all other public works of the county.\n 2. Have charge of the construction, repair, upkeep and care of all\npublic bui…

§ 4. Definitions. As used in this chapter the following terms shall\nmean and include:\n 1. "County". Any county other than a county within the city of New\nYork.\n 2. "County executive". A county administrator, county manager, county\ndirector or county president.\n 3. "County …

§ 400. Department of purchase. The head of the department of purchase\nshall be the county purchasing agent. Nothing in this article contained\nshall be construed to impair the powers of the county purchasing agent\nin counties adopting the county administrator form of county go…

§ 401. Powers and duties. The county purchasing agent except in a\ncounty having adopted the county administrator form of county\ngovernment:\n 1. Shall, within the amount of the unencumbered balance provided by\nappropriation therefor, make all purchases and contracts for the v…

§ 450. Department of public welfare. 1. The head of the department of\npublic welfare shall be the county commissioner of public welfare. Any\ninconsistent provision of this chapter notwithstanding, the county\ncommissioner of public welfare shall be appointed by the county\nexe…

§ 451. Powers and duties. The county commissioner of public welfare\nshall:\n 1. Have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred on or\nrequired of a county commissioner of public welfare under the social\nwelfare law.\n 2. Have charge of the county home, county hospita…

§ 50. County administrator form. A county which shall adopt the county\nadministrator form of government shall have a county executive to be\ncalled "county administrator." The board of supervisors shall appoint\nthe county administrator to serve during the term of office for wh…

§ 500. County park and recreation commission. The board of supervisors\nof any county adopting an alternative form of county government under\nthis chapter may create a county park and recreation commission. The\ncommission shall consist of five members to be appointed by the co…

§ 501. Parks, playgrounds and recreation centers. 1. The county is\nhereby authorized to accept by gift and to acquire by purchase,\ncondemnation, lease or permit, and to own, construct, operate, maintain\nand repair anywhere within the county outside of cities, parks,\nplaygrou…

§ 502. Powers of commission. The county park and recreation commission\nshall, subject to such rules and regulations as the board of supervisors\nshall prescribe, have supervision, direction and control over the\noperation, maintenance and repair of all parks, playgrounds, athle…

§ 51. County manager form. A county which shall adopt the county\nmanager form of government shall have a county executive to be called\n"county manager." The board of supervisors shall appoint the county\nmanager to serve during the pleasure of the board of supervisors. At the\…

§ 52. County director form. A county which shall adopt the county\ndirector form of government shall have a county executive to be called\n"county director." The board of supervisors shall appoint the county\ndirector. The term of office of the county director first appointed\ns…

§ 53. County president form. A county which shall adopt the county\npresident form of government shall have a county executive to be called\n"county president." The office of county president shall be elective.\nThe term of office of the county president first elected shall be t…

§ 54. Modification of alternative form after adoption. A county which\nshall have adopted an alternative form of county government may, in like\nmanner and with like approval of the electors of the county, as provided\nby this chapter for submission and adoption of an alternativ…

§ 55. Change from one alternative form of county government to\nanother. A county operating under an alternative form of county\ngovernment may, after the lapse of three years from the date such form\nbecomes effective in the county, abandon its then existing form and\nadopt ano…

§ 550. County assessment of real property. 1. If the alternative form\nof county government, or the modification or change of any such form,\nshall provide for the transfer to the county of the function of\nassessment of real property from the towns, villages or cities, the\ndir…

§ 551. County collection of taxes. 1. If the alternative form of\ncounty government, or the modification or change of any such form, shall\nprovide for the transfer to the county of the function of collection of\ntaxes and special assessments from the school districts, towns, vi…

§ 552. County planning commission. 1. If the alternative form of\ncounty government, or the modification or change of any such form, shall\nso provide, there shall be a county planning commission in such county.\nSuch commission shall consist of seven members who shall be appoin…

§ 553. Transfer of functions from units of local government. 1. A\npetition or resolution for the adoption of an alternative form of county\ngovernment, for the modification of an alternative form previously\nadopted or for a change from one such form to another may provide for\…

§ 56. Abandonment of existing alternative form. A county which shall\nhave adopted an alternative form of county government may, after the\nlapse of three years from the date such form becomes effective in the\ncounty, rescind its previous action and elect to be governed by the\…

§ 57. Terms of elective county officials not to be abridged. The term\nof office of an elective county official shall not be abridged by reason\nof the approval of any question providing for the adoption in the first\ninstance of an alternative form of county government or modif…

§ 58. Choice between election and appointment of officials. 1. The\noffice of comptroller, in a county where the office would otherwise be\nelective, or any elective county office that is being continued except\nthat of a supervisor or a judicial officer, may be made appointive …

§ 600. Fiscal year; county budget; tax levy. The fiscal year of the\ncounty shall begin on the first day of January and end with the\nthirty-first day of December in each year. Except as otherwise expressly\nprovided in the alternative form adopted by the county, or the\nmodific…