Title CNT, County

Section 1. Short title. This chapter shall be known as the "County\nLaw".\n

§ 100. Mandatory referendum. When a resolution of the board of\nsupervisors is subject to a mandatory referendum, such board shall by\nresolution cause such resolution to be submitted to a vote of the\nqualified electors of the county for their approval or disapproval at a\ngene…

§ 1000. Interpretation of chapter. 1. The provisions of this chapter\nshall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes hereof, and the\nenumeration of specific powers in this chapter shall not operate to\ndetract from the meaning of any general grant of power contained in…

§ 1001. Saving clause. 1. Any act of the legislature of the year\nnineteen hundred fifty which, in form, amends or repeals or purports to\namend or repeal any provision or provisions of the former county law\nshall be legally effective notwithstanding the repeal of such former\n…

§ 1002. Laws repealed. 1. Chapter sixteen of the laws of nineteen\nhundred nine, entitled "An act in relation to counties constituting\nchapter eleven of the consolidated laws," and all acts amendatory\nthereof or supplemental thereto, constituting the county law as\nheretofore …

§ 1003. Time of taking effect. 1. The provisions of sections three\nhundred fifty, three hundred fifty-one, three hundred fifty-two, three\nhundred fifty-three, three hundred fifty-four, three hundred fifty-five,\nthree hundred fifty-six, three hundred fifty-seven, three hundred…

§ 101. Permissive referendum. 1. A resolution of the board of\nsupervisors which is subject to a permissive referendum shall be subject\nto referendum on petition. Within ten days after the adoption by the\nboard of supervisors of any resolution which is subject to a permissive\…

§ 102. Procedure on mandatory and permissive referendum. 1. The\nresolution shall recite the form of the proposition, which shall contain\na brief statement of the text of the resolution together with its\nnumber. The clerk of the board of supervisors shall transmit such\npropos…

§ 103. Repeal of resolution by board. Not less than twenty days prior\nto the election at which a resolution is to be voted upon by the\nelectors of the county for approval or disapproval, the board of\nsupervisors may, except as otherwise expressly provided in subdivision\nfour…

§ 104. Submission of proposition or question. Except as provided by\nthe municipal home rule law, a proposition or question required by or\npursuant to law to be approved by the qualified electors of the county\nshall be submitted in the manner provided by section one hundred tw…

§ 105. Law applicable to conduct of elections at which ballot\nquestions are submitted to all the voters of a county. The provisions of\nthe election law or any other law relating to the submission of\nquestions at general elections, so far as the same are applicable and\nnot in…

§ 150. Board of supervisors constituted. The supervisors of the\nseveral cities and towns in each county, when lawfully convened, shall\nconstitute the board of supervisors of the county.\n

§ 150-a. County legislative body, other than board of supervisors. 1.\nAll the functions, powers, obligations and duties which by law are\npossessed by or vested in the board of supervisors of a county may be\nexercised by an elected county legislative body, by whatsoever name\n…

§ 151. Organization of board. 1. The members of the board of\nsupervisors shall organize the board and select a chairman on or before\nthe eighth day of January in each year. The board shall annually, by\nresolution duly adopted during the month of December, fix the date, time\n…

§ 152. Meetings of the board. 1. The board of supervisors shall, in\naddition to the meeting to organize the board, hold regular meetings at\nstated intervals.\n 2. Special meetings shall be held at the call of the clerk of the\nboard upon direction of the chairman, or at the ca…

§ 153. Rules of procedure. 1. A power of the county, whether in terms\nvested in the county or in the board of supervisors shall, except as\notherwise expressly provided, be exercised through a local law or\nresolution duly adopted by the board.\n 2. A majority of the whole numb…

§ 154. Committees. 1. The board of supervisors may create standing\ncommittees for the purpose of aiding and assisting the board in the\ntransaction of its business. Any local law or resolution creating any\nsuch committee shall specify the powers, duties and number of its\nmemb…

§ 2. Application of chapter. This chapter shall apply to all counties,\nexcept that:\n (a) It shall not apply to a county wholly contained within a city,\nunless specifically so provided;\n (b) The provisions of this chapter in so far as they are in conflict\nwith or in limitati…

§ 200. Compensation of supervisors. 1. Notwithstanding the election of\na supervisor for a fixed term, the board of supervisors of each county\nshall have power from time to time to fix the compensation of its\nmembers for services rendered to the county. Except as hereinafter\n…

§ 201. Compensation of officers. Notwithstanding the provisions of any\ngeneral law other than this chapter or of any special law to the\ncontrary, each board of supervisors shall fix the salary of all officers\npaid from county funds, except the members of the judiciary. Such s…

§ 202. Publication of compensation and expenses of supervisors in\ncertain counties. In those counties wherein the compensation of\nsupervisors is fixed on a per diem basis, the clerk of the board of\nsupervisors in the month of February of each year shall cause to be\npublished…

§ 203. Expenses incurred in the performance of official duty. 1. The\nactual and necessary expenses of all officers and employees, other than\nsupervisors, paid from county funds incurred in the performance of their\nofficial duties, and the actual and necessary expenses of all\…

§ 204. Positions of employment. In addition to those positions of\nemployment specifically provided by law, the board of supervisors shall\nhave power to establish positions of employment and may abolish the\nsame. The establishment and abolition of such positions may be by loca…

§ 205. Compensation of employees. Subject to the constitution and the\ncivil service law but notwithstanding the provisions of any other\ngeneral law or of any special law to the contrary, the compensation of\nall employees paid from county funds shall be fixed by the board of\n…

§ 205-a. Certain pilot projects. Any county operating a county\nhospital employing physicians and dentists pursuant to a pilot project\napproved by the public health and health planning council, whereby such\nphysicians and dentists may receive fees for private professional\nser…

§ 206. Hours of work and office hours. 1. Subject to the constitution\nand general laws of this state and to the rules and regulations made\npursuant thereto, the board of supervisors may fix the number of hours\nconstituting a legal day's work for all classes of employees of th…

§ 206-a. Business in county offices on holidays and Saturdays. 1.\nNotwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, holidays\nand Saturdays shall be considered as Sunday for all purposes relating to\nthe transaction of business in county offices in every county of t…

§ 207. Vacations; sick leaves; leaves of absence. 1. Notwithstanding\nthe provisions of any general law other than this chapter or of any\nspecial law to the contrary, the board of supervisors shall have power\nto fix and regulate the granting with or without pay of vacations, s…

§ 208. Books and records. 1. Whenever any public record, book, map or\npaper has become obliterated or unfit for further public inspection and\nuse, the board of supervisors, upon a certificate of the county judge or\na supreme court justice of the judicial district to the effec…

§ 209. Investigations. The board of supervisors is empowered to\nconduct an investigation into any subject matter within its\njurisdiction, including the conduct and performance of official duties\nof any officer or employee paid from county funds and the accounting for\nall mon…

§ 210. Examination and post audit. The board of supervisors may at any\ntime cause an examination and post audit to be made of the books,\nrecords and papers pertaining to the money, funds or other property\nbelonging to the county, or over which the county shall have control.\n…

§ 211. Printed and electronically recorded proceedings of the board.\n1. The board of supervisors of each county, as soon after the close of\neach calendar year as practicable, shall cause to be printed in bound\nvolume or recorded by electronic means, or both, copies of its\npr…

§ 212. Designation of depositaries. All moneys received by the county\ntreasurer shall be deposited and secured in the manner provided by\nsection ten of the general municipal law. Nothing herein shall be deemed\nto limit the power of a court of competent jurisdiction or of the …

§ 214. Designation of newspapers; official publications. 1.\nConcurrent resolutions, election notices and official canvass. The\nmembers of the county legislative body, whether such body be denominated\nboard of supervisors, county legislature or otherwise, or, in the city\nof N…

§ 215. County property; general provisions. 1. The board of\nsupervisors shall have the general care and control of the corporate\nreal and personal property of the county.\n 2. All contracts and conveyances made by or to the county, or on its\nbehalf, shall be made in the name …

§ 216. Location of county offices. The board of supervisors shall have\npower to select and change the site of any county office or building\nwithin the county except as hereinafter provided. No site or location\nfor any county jail shall be selected or acquired by such board of…

§ 217. County jail. Each county shall continue to maintain a county\njail as prescribed by law.\n

§ 217-a. Qualification for employment as a county correction officer.\nA county may adopt the provisions contained in section twenty-two-a of\nthe correction law relating to qualifications of its officials who may\nthereafter be appointed in a law enforcement capacity in any of …

§ 218. Courthouses and judicial expenditures. 1. Except as otherwise\nprovided by law, each board of supervisors shall provide suitable rooms\nfor courts of record within the county including rooms for holding\ncourt, grand and trial jurors, witnesses and attorneys during such t…

§ 218-a. County detention facilities for juvenile delinquents and\npersons in need of supervision. A. To assure that suitable and\nconveniently accessible accommodations and proper and adequate detention\nin secure and non-secure detention facilities, as defined in section\nfive…

§ 218-b. Prisoner furlough program in county jails and penitentiaries.\nThe county legislative body shall have power to elect to have the\nprovisions of article twenty-two-A of the correction law concerning\nprisoner furloughs apply to jails and penitentiaries under its\njurisdi…

§ 219. Reforested lands. 1. The board of supervisors shall have power\nto purchase, acquire, or accept by gift lands for purposes of\nreforestation and/or lease for the purpose of aiding in discovering and\nremoving oil and/or gas from such reforested land and adequately plant,\…

§ 220. County planning board. The board of supervisors is empowered to\nestablish a county planning board pursuant to article twelve-b of the\ngeneral municipal law and to make the necessary appropriations therefor.\n

§ 220-a. Water quality management agency. The board of supervisors or\ncounty legislature, shall have the power to designate a water quality\nmanagement agency for the purposes of water quality management program\noversight. Such agency may, in the discretion of the board of\nsu…

§ 221. County park commission. The board of supervisors shall have\npower to create a county park commission to consist of not less than\nfive or more than seven members who shall be residents of the county.\nThe members of such commission shall be appointed by the board of\nsup…

§ 222. Cemeteries. 1. The board of supervisors may acquire by\ncondemnation, purchase, gift or devise burial plots outside a city or\nvillage within the county, for the burial of indigent persons. Such\nburial plots shall be under the general care and supervision of the\ncounty …

§ 223. Flood control and soil conservation. 1. The board of\nsupervisors shall have power to, and may, appropriate and pay out for\nthe general improvement of agriculture and the soil such sums as it may\ndeem proper for the expense of creating and maintaining soil\nconservation…

§ 223-a. The board of supervisors of any county may appropriate such\nsums as it may deem proper, not exceeding three thousand dollars in any\none year, to carry out the provisions of the forest practice act as\ndefined in section sixty-d of the conservation law, within such cou…

§ 223-b. EMS training and mutual aid programs. 1. In order to develop\nand maintain programs for EMS training, EMS-related activities and\nmutual aid emergencies in which the services of EMS providers would be\nused and to cooperate with appropriate state agencies in furthering …

§ 224. Optional appropriations and contracts for public benefit\nservices. The board of supervisors shall have power to contract with\nnon-profit organizations and other corporations, associations and\nagencies within the county formed for the purposes hereinafter\nenumerated; a…