Opn. No.

HON. JAMES E. ROGERS City Attorney, North Tonawanda

We acknowledge receipt of your letter stating that there is now a charter commission in existence in your city and inquiring whether the last date to present any proposed, revised or new charter to the electorate of the city will be on or before the date of the general election in 1977 or on or before the date of the general election in 1978.

We assume that the charter commission was created pursuant to Municipal Home Rule Law § 36, subdivision 4 and as a consequence, all members of the commission had to be appointed by the city mayor.

You…