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Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-four of this article or any other general or special law, the town board of the town of Pawling in Dutchess county, may by a resolution adopted at least ninety days prior to the general election to be held in November of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, provide that at the general election to be held in November of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one town council member be elected for a term of two years and one town council member be elected for a term of four years and thereafter at each biennial town election there shall be elected one town council member for a term of four years. Such resolution may also provide that at the general election to be held in November of nineteen hundred sixty-nine, one town justice be elected for a term of four years and thereafter at each biennial town election there shall be elected one town justice for a term of four years.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New York Consolidated Laws, Town Law - TWN § 24-b. Election of council members and town justices in the town of Pawling - last updated January 01, 2026 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ny/town-law/twn-sect-24-b/
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