File #: 22-LL-N    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Local Law Status: Failed
File created: 9/9/2022 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 11/22/2022
Title: LOCAL LAW NO. ā€œNā€ FOR 2022: A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, AMENDING THE ALBANY COUNTY CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS
Sponsors: Andrew Joyce
Attachments: 1. 22-LL-N -- Rule 11 -- Appendix A - Census Blocks in each district, 2. 22-LL-N -- Rule 11 -- Appendix B - Metes and bounds in each district, 3. 22-LL-N - RULE 11 - REDISTRICTING LOCAL LAW
LOCAL LAW NO. "N" FOR 2022

A LOCAL LAW OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, NEW YORK, AMENDING THE ALBANY COUNTY CHARTER FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS BASED ON THE 2020 CENSUS

Introduced: 9/12/22
By: A. Joyce

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBANY, THAT LOCAL LAW NO. X FOR 2015, IS HEREBY AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 206 of Local Law No. X for 2015, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 206 Districts. For the purpose of electing County legislators, Albany County shall be divided into thirty-nine districts. One County legislator shall be elected to the: County legislature of Albany County from each of said districts. The thirty-nine districts within the County of Albany are as follows:

(See Appendix "A" and descriptions in Appendix "B" - note Appendix "A" prevails in the event of inconsistencies between the Appendices)

The maps of the enumerated districts referred to above, as well as maps showing the districts into which Albany County is herein divided, shall be filed with the Clerk of the Albany County Legislature and shall remain on file and said maps shall be considered and hereby are made a part of this Charter.

Section 2. This amendment of Local Law No, X for 2015, shall be effective for the election of County legislators for terms commencing January 1, 2023 and thereafter and for all processes incidental thereto.

In the sections "Appendix "B" which describe the thirty-nine Legislative Districts proposed for Albany County, the following shall apply.

The use of the terms County of Albany, County of Careen, County of Rensselaer, County of Saratoga, County of Schenectady, City of Albany, City of Cohoes, City of Watervliet, Village of Altamont, Village of Colonie, Village of Green Island, Village of/Menands,: Village of Ravena, Village of Voorheesville, Town of Berne, Town of Bethlehem, Town of Coeymans, Town of Colonie, Town of Green Island, Town of Guilderland, Town of Knox, Town of New...

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