§ 52 — County director form

New York § 52

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law ACG: Alternative County Government
• Art. 2: Alternative Forms of County Government

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§ 52. County director form. A county which shall adopt the county\ndirector form of government shall have a county executive to be called\n"county director." The board of supervisors shall appoint the county\ndirector. The term of office of the county director first appointed\nshall be four years from and including the first day of January of the\nyear in which the county director form becomes effective in the county.\nSuccessors shall be appointed for terms of four years each. Vacancies\noccurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled by\nappointment by the board of supervisors for the unexpired portion of the\nterm. The county director may, when authorized by local law, serve as\nthe head of one or more departments not administered by an elective\nofficial but without additional compensation. The foregoing provisions\nof this section, together with other applicable provisions of this\nchapter, including those provisions which may be made applicable, shall\nconstitute the structure of the county director form of government\nauthorized to be adopted by this chapter.\n