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§ A201 BROOME COUNTY CHARTER AND CODE § A202
Legislative
Districts Geographic Area
18 Town of Vestal (Election Districts 1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 21, 22)
19 Town of Vestal (Election Districts 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 20, 23, 24, 25, 27)
Reference to "Election Districts" in the above description refers to Election Districts
established as of February 15, 2002, except that those which the Town of Union and
the City of Binghamton amended in 2006 are referenced by their amended Election
District number.
The maps of the districts referred to above, as well as maps showing the Legislative
Districts into which Broome County is herein divided, shall be filed with the Clerk of
the Broome County Legislature and shall remain on file and shall be considered and
hereby made a part hereof.
Effective January 1, 2013, the number of legislative districts in Broome County shall
be decreased from 19 to 15. Upon release of the next decennial federal census, the
County Legislature shall redraw legislative boundaries to provide for 15 legislative
districts and by January 30, 2012, § A201(C) shall be amended to define the redrawn
legislative districts. This amendment, which defines the redrawn legislative districts,
shall be subject to a referendum on petition in the manner provided by the terms and
provisions of § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. County Legislators who will
represent the electors of the re-drawn legislative districts shall be elected at the
general election to be held in 2012 to take office on January 1, 2013.
(D) Each County Legislator shall be a resident elector of the district he represents at the time
of his nomination, his election and throughout his term of office. He shall also be a
resident elector of the district he represents if he is appointed to fill a vacancy and
throughout his term of office. No elective or appointive official of any town, village or
city or any other municipality shall be eligible to hold office as a County Legislator.
(E) After each federal decennial census, including that of 1980, the Clerk of the County
Legislature shall determine the results of said census, publicly announce such results and
file the same with the County Legislature. The County Legislature shall thereupon
reconsider its representation and, if necessary, redraw Legislative District boundaries.
Any amendment to this Code reapportioning representation on the County Legislature
shall be subject to a referendum on petition in the manner provided for by the terms and
provisions of § 24 of the Municipal Home Rule Law.
§ A202. Term of office.
The term of office of a County Legislator shall be for two years and shall begin on the first
day of January immediately succeeding his election.
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