Legal Opinion
Opn. No.
New York Attorney General Reports
Decided June 11, 1990Published
1Opinion of the Court
Requestor: Mark C. Taylor, Office of Town Attorney Town of Newburgh 20-26 Union Avenue Extension Newburgh, New York 12550
Written by: James D. Cole, Assistant Attorney General in Charge of Opinions
You have asked whether members of a Conservation Advisory Council or a Conservation Board are public officers. Second, you have inquired whether a town board by local law may amend or supersede the provisions of State law dealing with the terms of members of a Conservation Advisory Council and the powers and duties of a Council.
A determination of whether an appointee is an officer subject to the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- In re DawsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1931
- MacRum v. HawkinsNew York Court of Appeals · 1933
- Lake v. Binghamton Housing AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Johnson v. EtkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- County of Suffolk v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
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