(a) Keep or cause to be kept the records and dockets required by the
uniform justice court act. No town justice shall receive or disburse any
moneys unless he shall furnish or receive a proper receipt therefor, or
make a memorandum or record of such transaction, in such form and detail
as the state comptroller shall prescribe.
(b) At least annually and as often as may be required, submit his
dockets to the members of the town board for examination and audit.
2. No town justice selected for a term of office commencing on or
after September first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, except one who has
been admitted to practice law in this state, shall assume the functions
of his office unless he has filed in the office of the town clerk a
certificate of completion of a course of training prescribed by the
administrative board of the judicial conference. The administrative
board may issue a temporary certificate enabling a justice to assume the
functions of his office pending completion of the earliest such course
available thereafter. Such certificates shall be in a form, and subject
to terms and conditions, prescribed by the administrative board.
3. Notwithstanding any other law, actual and necessary expenses
incurred by a justice or justice elect in attending a course of training
required of him before he can assume the functions of his office shall
be a charge against the town.
4. No town justice selected for a term of office commencing on or
after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-five, shall engage in or
accept any employment as a "police officer" or a "peace officer" as
those terms are defined in the criminal procedure law.
5. A person who has been convicted of a felony pursuant to the laws of
this state or who has been convicted in federal court or in another
state for a crime or offense that would constitute a felony under the
laws of this state shall be permanently ineligible to be a candidate for
town justice or to be appointed or continue to hold such office.
Structure New York Laws
Article 3 - Town Officers, Powers, Duties and Compensation
22-B - Chairman of Assessors; Designation; Duties and Compensation.
22-C - Election and Term of Assessors in the Town of Southampton, County of Suffolk.
23 - Eligibility of Town Officers.
23-A - Residence Requirement for Comptroller of the Town of Cortlandt.
24-A - Terms of Office of Elective Officers.
24-B - Election of Council Members and Town Justices in the Town of Pawling.
25 - Oaths of Office and Undertaking.
26 - Resignation of Town Officers.
27 - Compensation of Town Officers and Employees.
28 - Power to Administer Oaths.
29 - Powers and Duties of Supervisor.
30 - Powers and Duties of Town Clerk.
31 - Powers and Duties of Town Justices; Requirements; Restriction.
32 - Powers and Duties of Town Superintendent of Highways and Deputy Superintendent.
32-A - Entry by Town Engineer on Private Lands.
33 - Powers and Duties of Assessors.
34 - Powers and Duties of Town Comptroller.
35 - Powers and Duties of Collector.
36 - Collection of Taxes by Town Clerk.
37 - Powers and Duties of Receiver of Taxes and Assessments.
38 - Certain Offices Abolished.
39 - Powers and Duties of Constables and Town Police Officers.
40 - Powers and Duties of Fence Viewers.
41 - Additional Supervisors in Certain Towns.
41-A - Abolition of the Additional Office of Supervisor of the Town of Hempstead.