---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relates to authorizing the town justice of the town of Van Etten, county of Chemung, to be a nonresident of such town"
description: "Authorizes the town justice of the town of Van Etten, county of Chemung, to be a nonresident of such town."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ny"
legislature: "New York Legislature"
session: "2021-2022"
identifier: "A 9700"
citation: "New York A 9700 (2021-2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["PALMESANO"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-03-28"
last_action: "2022-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/03d164e9-334a-4b75-885b-a7bf99cbd263"
source_url: "http://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2021/A9700"
source_hash: "856eeae145690254de00973d046ef3cf9817c23eb4312a76252e6c5bc3729e7b"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ny"]
---

# New York A 9700 (2021-2022) — Relates to authorizing the town justice of the town of Van Etten, county of Chemung, to be a nonresident of such town

Authorizes the town justice of the town of Van Etten, county of Chemung, to be a nonresident of such town.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **A9700** (committee substitute) — [source](http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=printbill&bn=A9700&term=2021&Text=Y)

## Votes

- Assembly Vote — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- Floor Vote — **63–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- PALMESANO — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-03-28** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-10** REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-23** REPORTED
- **2022-05-23** RULES REPORT CAL.357
- **2022-05-23** ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.357
- **2022-05-24** PASSED ASSEMBLY `passage`
- **2022-05-24** DELIVERED TO SENATE
- **2022-05-24** REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** SUBSTITUTED FOR S8551
- **2022-06-01** 3RD READING CAL.1780
- **2022-06-01** PASSED SENATE `passage`
- **2022-06-01** RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
- **2022-07-11** DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR `executive-receipt`
- **2022-07-21** SIGNED CHAP.421 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/03d164e9-334a-4b75-885b-a7bf99cbd263`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New York legislature records).