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N.Y. Town Law § 211 (2026)

District commissioners

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§ 211. District commissioners. In each such improvement district,
there shall be an annual election on the second Tuesday in the month of
December of each year. The terms of office of all district commissioners
elected or appointed prior to the time this chapter takes effect, shall
terminate on the thirty-first day of December, nineteen hundred
thirty-three. The first annual election shall be held on the fifth day
of December, nineteen hundred thirty-three and at such election the
qualified voters of the district shall elect one commissioner for a term
of one year, one commissioner for a term of two years and one
commissioner for a term of three years. At each annual election
thereafter one commissioner shall be elected for a term of three years
except as otherwise provided in section two hundred eleven-a of this
article. Every resident of the district who is qualified to vote for a
town officer, shall be eligible to hold the office of district
commissioner.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 1990–2008 · leading case: Jericho Water v. One Call, 887 N.E.2d 1142 (N.Y. 2008).
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Jericho Water v. One Call, 887 N.E.2d 1142 (N.Y. 2008). “Plaintiff is located in the Town of Oyster Bay, but its commissioners are independently elected, not appointed by town officials (Town Law § 211). Plaintiff brings this action against a one-call system and the administrator of that system, seeking a declaratory judgment that it…”
Kanaly v. O'Neil, 147 Misc. 2d 149 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1990). “A point on which they have submitted no proof, despite plaintiffs’ observation that they must be elected annually (Town Law § 211) if at all.”
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