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§ A203 BROOME COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE § A203
§ A203. Powers and duties.
The County Legislature shall be the governing body of the County and shall be the legislative,
appropriating and policy-determining body of the County and shall have and exercise all
powers and duties of the County now or hereafter conferred or imposed on the County
Legislature by applicable law and any and all powers necessarily implied or incidental thereto,
together with such powers and duties as are provided for in the Charter and this Code. In
addition to all powers conferred by the foregoing or other provisions of the Charter and this
Code, the County Legislature shall have the power, among others:
(A) To make appropriations, levy taxes, incur indebtedness and adopt a budget, including a
capital program.
(B) To exercise all powers of local legislation in relation to enacting, amending or rescinding
local laws, legalizing acts, ordinances or resolutions.
(C) By local law to adopt, amend or repeal this Code, which shall set forth the details of
administration of the County government consistent with the provisions of the Charter
and which Code may contain revisions, simplifications, consolidations, modifications and
restatements of special laws, local laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules and regulations
consistent with the Charter or amendments thereto.
(D) By local law to create, alter, combine or abolish County administrative units not headed
by elective officials.
(E) To adopt by resolution all necessary rules and regulations for its own conduct and
procedure.
(F)
Subject to the Constitution and general laws of the State of New York, to fix the
numbers of hours constituting a legal day's work for all classes of County employees,
and grant to the administrative head or board the power to stagger working hours.
(G) To fix compensation of all officers and employees paid from County funds, except
members of the judiciary, and of such other officers and employees when specifically
authorized by statute.
(H) To fix the amount of bonds of officers and employees paid from County funds and to
examine and approve or disapprove the sufficiency of sureties on all official bonds or
undertakings of County officers and employees, except those for Director of Budget and
Research and Director of Information Technology. [Amended 8-17-1982 by L.L. No.
7-1982; 8-14-1984 by L.L. No. 5-1984; 8-17-1995 by L.L. No. 14-1995; 3-19-1998 by
L.L. No. 3-1998]
(I)
(J)
To make such studies and investigations as it deems to be in the best interests of the
County and, in connection therewith, to obtain and employ professional and technical
advice, appoint temporary advisory boards of citizens, subpoena witnesses, administer
oaths and require the production of books, papers and other evidence deemed necessary
or material to such study or inquiry.
To legalize and validate any act had and taken in connection with the lawful municipal
purpose or for a lawful municipal object or purpose by the governing board or other local
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