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S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10305
I N S E N A T E
May 12, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
AN ACT to amend the village law and the public officers law, in relation
to residency requirements for police officers in the village of Medina
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 3-300 of the village law is amended by adding a new
2 subdivision 37 to read as follows:
3 37. NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, IN THE VILLAGE OF
4 MEDINA, IN THE COUNTY OF ORLEANS, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIR-
5 ING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL
6 CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN
7 WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED,
8 SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER
9 FOR THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE
10 COUNTY OF ORLEANS, ANY CONTIGUOUS COUNTY, OR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE.
11 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE PERSON PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF POLICE OFFICER
12 IN ANY OTHER VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE UNLESS OTHER-
13 WISE PROVIDED BY AN ACT OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
14 § 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
15 subdivision 77 to read as follows:
16 77. IN THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA, IN THE COUNTY OF ORLEANS, THE PROVISIONS
17 OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL
18 SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON
19 SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE
20 REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM ACCEPTING OR
21 RETAINING APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OF THE VILLAGE OF MEDINA,
22 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN THE COUNTY OF ORLEANS, AN ADJOINING
23 COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, OR THE COUNTY OF WAYNE. PROVIDED,
24 HOWEVER, THE PERSONS PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF POLICE OFFICER IN ANY
25 OTHER VILLAGE SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH VILLAGE, UNLESS OTHERWISE
26 PROVIDED BY LAW.
27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15700-01-6