New York Laws
Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation
30 - Powers and Duties of Town Clerk.

(b) In the event that the town clerk is absent or unable to act and
there is no duly appointed and qualified first deputy town clerk present
and able to act, the town board may appoint as deputy town clerk any
person other than a member of the town board; provided, however, that
such person be qualified as provided in section three of the public

officers law and section twenty-three of this article. If the town board
shall provide compensation for such deputy town clerk, such compensation
may be in addition to any other compensation he or she may receive as a
town officer, town official or town employee. Such deputy town clerk
shall hold office at the pleasure of the town board and in no event for
longer than the duration of such absence or incapacity of the town
clerk.
10-a. Where a town has not established the office of receiver of taxes
and assessments, the town clerk shall collect water rates and sewer
rents unless the town board has designated another officer or employee
to make such collections.
11. The town clerk shall have such additional powers and perform such
additional duties as are or hereafter may be conferred or imposed upon
him by law, and such further duties as the town board may determine, not
inconsistent with law.