§ 600. Fiscal year; county budget; tax levy. The fiscal year of the county shall begin on the first day of January and end with the thirty-first day of December in each year. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the alternative form adopted by the county, or the modification or change of any such form, […]
§ 601. County finance. The provisions of the local finance law shall continue to apply to a county which has adopted an alternative form of county government under this chapter.
§ 602. County taxes and assessments. The provisions of the tax law or other applicable general or special statute shall continue to apply to a county which has adopted an alternative form of county government.
§ 603. County board of elections. There shall be a county board of elections to be appointed by the board of supervisors in the manner and for such term as provided by the election law. The county board of elections shall continue to have and exercise all functions, powers and duties vested in or imposed […]
§ 604. Administration of education. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to affect or impair the administration of education within the county.
§ 605. Advisory and planning boards. The county executive, upon authorization by the board of supervisors, may appoint a board of electors of the county to act in an advisory capacity to himself or to the head of any administrative unit under his jurisdiction. The members of the advisory board shall serve without compensation but […]
§ 606. Citizenship and residence requirements for department heads and deputies. The head of each department or office and each deputy appointed under or pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall, at the time of his appointment and throughout the incumbency of his office be a citizen of the United States and a resident […]
§ 607. Retirement system. Persons who are members of an existing pension or retirement system, or beneficiaries or prospective beneficiaries thereof, shall continue to have the rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to such system which are now or hereafter may be provided by law and the benefits of such system shall not be […]
§ 608. Civil service. Appointments and promotions in the county government shall continue to be made in accordance with the provisions of the civil service law and rules of civil service.
§ 609. Continuity of authority. The performance of functions by a department, office or agency to which they are assigned pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed and held to constitute a continuation thereof for the purpose of succession to all rights, powers, duties and obligations attached to such functions at the […]
§ 610. Completion of unfinished business. Any proceeding or other business undertaken or commenced by a department, office or agency, the functions, powers and duties whereof are assigned, may be conducted and completed by the head of the department, office or agency to which the assignment is made, in the same manner and under the […]
§ 611. Oath of office; official undertaking. 1. The county executive and each other officer whose compensation is paid from county funds shall take and file an official oath in the manner prescribed in section ten of the public officers law and the provisions of section four hundred two of the county law shall apply […]
§ 612. Application. The provisions of this article shall apply to any county adopting one of the alternative forms of county government provided by this chapter.
