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Home My WebLink About1977 #1Written Notice of Defects on Town Highways(Please Use this Form for Filing your Local Law with the Secretary of State) Text of law should be given as amended. Do not include matter being eliminated and do not use italics or underlining to indicate new matter. cft Town of ........Groton.................................................................................. ................ UV Local Law No. ......................................................... of the year 19 ? ......... . A local law providing for written notification of defects on Town .. .. ..... .. . . ... . . highways and sidewalks in Onserttitl0the Town of Groton, County of Tompkins, and State of New York Town Hoard of the Be it enacted by the.......................................................................................................................................... (Flame of Legislative Body) QU QT of.............Gro ton. ..... as follows: Town........................................................................................................................................... Itubw Section 1. No civil action shall be maintained against any town or town superintendent of highways for damages or injuries to person or property sus- tained by reason of any highway, bridge, or culvert being defective, out of repair, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed unless written notice of such defective, unsafe, dangerous or obstructed condition of such highway, bridge, or culvert was actually given to the town clerk or town superintendent of highways, and there was a failure or neglect within a reasonable time after the giving of such notice to repair or remove the defect, danger or obstruction complained of; but no such action shall be maintained for damages or injuries to person or property sustained solely in consequence of the existence of snow or ice upon any highway bridge or culvert, unless written notice thereof, specifying the particular place, was actually given to the town clerk, or town superin- tendent of highways and there was a failure or neglect to cause such snow or ice to be removed, or to make the place otherwise reasonably safe within a reasonable time after the receipt of such notice. Section 2. The town superintendent of highways shall transmit in writing to the town clerk within five days after the receipt thereof all written notices received by him pursuant to this local law and subdivision 2 of section 65-a of the Town Law. The town clerk shall cause all written notices received by him or her pursuant to this local law and subdivisions 2 of section 65-a of the Town Law, to be presented to the town board within 5 days of the receipt thereof or at the next succeeding town board meeting whichever shall be sooner. Section 3. This local law shall supersede in its application to the Town of Groton subdivisions 1 and 3 of section 65-a of the Town Law. 4 Section 4. This local law shall take effect immediate) upon its filing Y P g in the office of the Secretary of State in accordance with the provisions of section 27 of the Municipal Home Rule Law. JW(If additional space is needed, please attach sheets of the same size as this and number each) -W .1Y _r 1 .1 . 1 1. 1 . it .. 11�, . 11 X14 u 1, .1111 01, 1 I 1, 11.1 . 1. 1� d i i�,..�.. .1 ....I ..I '1. 1. 1 1 1 Page 1 (Complete the certification in the paragraph which applies to the filing of this local law and strike out the matter therein which is not applicable.) 1. (Final adoption by local legislative body only.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No................ of 19.x,... 604941 of the of....................Iftwoo ................. was duly passed by the................................................................................... Town (Name of Legislative Body) • a on ".. 19..x... in accordance with the applicable provisions of law. 2. (Passage by local legislative body with approval or no disapproval by Elective Chief Executive Officer,* or repassage after disapproval.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No.....................of 19........ C.; A, *4 of the jfA f 0"t" Tom IOWA Townof ...................................... was duly passed by the.................................................................................. WV. (Name of Legislative Body) 77 W k' on..................................................19........ and was approved by the ....................................................... r` Elective Chief Executive Officer and was deemed duly adopted on ........................................................ 9........ , in accordance with the applicable 1 ' a provisions of law. 3. (Final adoption by referendum.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. .................. of 19.......... County ofthe City of ...................................... was duly passed by the...................................................................................... Town (Name of Legislative Body) Village not disapproved on...................................................19....... and was approved by the.............................................................. repassed after disapproval Elective Chief J�xecutive Officer * on......................................................................19........ Such local law was submitted to the people by reason of a mandatory permissive referendum, and received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors voting general thereon at the special election held on......................................................19........ , in accordance with the appli- ann ual cable provisions of law. 4. (Subject to permissive referendum, and final adoption because no valid petition filed requesting referendum.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as local law No. .................. of 19.......... County City Cl ofthe Ciwn of ...................................... was duly passed by the................................................................................on (Name of Legislative Body) Village not disapproved ...................................................... 19........ and was approved by the . .....................................on repassed after disapproval Elective Chief Executive Officer * ..............................................................19......... Such local law being subject to a permissive referendum and no valid petition requesting such referendum having been filed, said local law was deemed duly adopted on ......................................................................9 w' a with the w ....... , in accordance applicable provisions of law. *Elective Chief Executive Officer means or includes the chief executive officer of a county elected on a county -wide basis or, if there be none, the chairman of the county legislative body, the mayor of a city or village or the supervisor of a town, where such officer is vested with power to approve or veto local laws or ordinances. Page 2 5. (City local law concer,nin Charter re inion proposed by petition.) �' ' `.'. .� :c��: xe,-' he -oto, de::ignated as local law No. I lie rebyce�L�f r�la� thy_ lc��_ .............0 19........ of the City of.........................................................................0{)een submitted to referendum pursuant to the Af provisions of § 37 of til oianici § 37 pal Rule Law, afs._d :.axing received the affirmative vote of a majority special of the qualified electors of such city Voting thereon at the election held on .................................. general ................19 ............ became operative. 6. (County local law concerning adoption of Charter.) I hereby certify that the local law annexed hereto, designated as Local Law No....... of 19...... of the County of ......................................... State of New York, having been submitted to the Electors at the General Election of November .........., 19 .........., pursuant to subdivisions 5 and 7 of Section 33 of the Muni- cipal Horne Rule Latin, and having received the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors of the cities of said county as a unit and of a majority of the qualified electors of the towns of said county considered as a unit voting at said general election, became operative. (If any other authorized form of final adoption has been followed, please provide an appropriate certification.) I further certify that I have compared the preceding local law with the original on file in this office and that the same is a correct transcript therefrom and of the whole of such original local law, and was finally adopted in the manner indicated in paragraph ...........2 ............... above. Clerk of the Town c •ftot*44 0 T r Date: 4 0 1977 (Seal) (Certification to be executed by County Attorney, Corporation Counsel, Town Attorney, Village Attorney or other authorized Attorney of locality.) STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF ..' a I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing local law contains the correct text and that all proper proceedings have been had or taken for the enactment of the local law annexed hereto. Date: 000� ...� .... . ..........k ................. Tm • Signature .. ... .. .. ............................ Title Page 3 )i. yof......Groton .......................................................... Town MW