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CHAPTER I
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS*
Title A. In General
Section 1-1.0 The County.
1-2.0 County device of arms.
1-3.0 County seal.
1-4.0 County flag.
1-4.1 Closing hours of county offices.
1-4.2 Petty cash funds.
1-5.0 Action by Board of Supervisors.
1-6.0 Regulating and licensing powers concerning use and operation of
steam bolters and hoisting and contractors' machinery in the County.
1-6.1 Regulating and licensing powers concerning transactions by second
hand dealers.
Title B. Commission of Governmental Revision
1-7.0 Commission: organization; powers.
1-8.0 Employees of commission.
*See Local Law No. 11-1994 in effect January 1, 1996 which provided for THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE in
place of said board.
Title A
In General
§ 1-1.0 The County. The County of Nassau as now existing shall continue with the boundaries, powers,
rights and property and subject to the obligations and liabilities which exist at the time when this code shall
take effect.
§ 1-2.0 County device of arms. The following is hereby adopted as a device of arms of the County of
Nassau and is hereby declared to be clearly described as follows: Arms, azure, lion rampant or between seven
billets or.
§ 1-3.0
County Seal
a. The seal of the County of Nassau shall be of metal two and one-eighth inches In diameter engraven
with the coat of arms of the County and surrounded with the legend "NASSAU COUNTY, STATE OF
NEW YORK."
b. The following design is hereby adopted as the official and standard design of such corporate seal.
c. A duplicate of the County seal shall be procured and kept at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and such seal may be affixed by the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to contracts, leases,
and deeds executed by the County Executive on behalf of the County and for such purpose the Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors shall also be a Deputy County Clerk.
(Subdiv. c added by L. 1942 Ch. 266, In effect April 1, 1942.)
§ 1-4.0 County flag. The flag of the County of Nassau is hereby adopted and declared to be orange,
charged with the arms of the County of Nassau.
§ 1-4.1 Closing hours of county offices. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general,
special or local, the offices of the clerks of the courts of record, the County Clerk and register of deeds, the
motor vehicle bureau and all county offices shall be kept open for the transaction of business every day in the
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year, except Sundays and other days and half-days declared by law to be holidays or half-holidays, from nine
o’clock in the forenoon to such hour in the afternoon as the Board of Supervisors may fix by ordinance:
provided, however, that the Board of Supervisors may provide that such offices shall remain closed Saturdays.
Whenever the last day on which any paper shall be filed or act done or performed expires on any
Saturday during such period of Saturday closing as herein provided, the time therefore is hereby extended to
and including the next business day.
(New section added by L. 1945 Ch. 24 § 1, in effect February 26, 1945.)
§ 1-4.2 Petty Cash funds. The Board of Supervisors may authorize the County Treasurer to furnish any
officer or department of the County with a petty cash fund, in such amount as the Board of Supervisors may
specify by resolution. Expenditures from such a fund shall be covered by itemized vouchers or claims in the
name of the fund, verified by the oath of the officer or head of the department for whom the fund was
established. Upon audit of such vouchers or claims and by means of a warrant drawn on the County
Treasurer, signed by the Comptroller, the County Treasurer shall reimburse to such a petty cash fund the
amount so audited and allowed.
(Added by Local Law No. 2. 1945; amended by Local Law No. 4, 1954; amended by Local Law No. 18, 1965, in effect December 1,
1965.)
§ 1-5.0 Action by Board of Supervisors. Except as otherwise provided, the Board of Supervisors shall
act by ordinance or resolution pursuant to the provisions of the charter in the performance of the powers and
duties conferred or imposed thereon by this code.
§ 1-6.0 Regulating and licensing powers concerning use and operation of steam boilers and
hoisting and contractors' machinery in the County.
a. The Board of Supervisors, by local law, ordinance or resolution, may regulate the operation and use
within the County of steam boilers carrying over fifteen pounds of steam and over ten horse-power,
except such boilers used for heating purposes in private dwellings or by or for a person or corporation
operating an agency for public service and subject to the jurisdiction, supervision and regulations
prescribed by or pursuant to the public service law.
b. The Board of Supervisors, in like manner, may also prohibit the pursuit or exercise in the County
without a license of:
1. The occupation of running or operating any such steam boilers.
2. Running or operating any machinery used for hoisting purposes or cableways, irrespective of
motive power, or for construction or excavation work.
c. The Board of Supervisors shall have authority to provide penalties for the violation of any local law,
ordinance, or resolution adopted pursuant to the provisions of this section, and in addition thereto, may
provide a fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both. Any
such local law, ordinance, or resolution shall have the force and effect of law.
d. Such a local law, ordinance or resolution shall not, however, apply to or become operative in any city or
village in the County until and unless the consent and approval of the city or village thereto shall have
been first given in the same manner as required for the enactment of a local ordinance therein and a
certified copy thereof shall have been filed with the Board of Supervisors, and any such city or village is
hereby specifically empowered to give such consent and approval.
§ 1-6.1 Regulating and licensing powers concerning transactions by second hand dealers. The
Board of Supervisors, by local law or ordinance, may prescribe rules and regulations in respect to transactions
within the County by second hand dealers involving automobiles, jewelry, clothing and precision Instruments
and may require second hand dealers to obtain a license to engage in such transactions. Such local law or
ordinance may also delegate to a designated county official or employee the power to issue such licenses and
may provide penalties for the violation of such local law or ordinance and in addition thereto, may provide a
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fine of not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment for not more than thirty days for a violation thereof.
Added by L. 1948 Ch. 524, in effect March 21, 1948.)
Title B
Commission on Governmental Revision
§ 1-7.0
Commission; organization; powers.
a. The executive, subject to confirmation by the Board of Supervisors, shall have the power to appoint,
from time to time, a commission of taxpayers of Nassau County, not exceeding seventeen in number,
who shall serve without compensation.
Such commission shall, by majority vote, designate a chairman.
b. Such commission may:
1. Examine the different laws of the state applicable to the government of the County, towns and other
municipalities and political subdivisions in such county, and determine the advisability of changing
the forms or methods of government of such county, towns or other political subdivisions;
2. Examine the form of government of other counties or cities within or without the State of New York,
and that method used in the administrative, judicial, economic and other branches of such
municipalities: for the purpose of recommending an improvement In the government of such County
and its political subdivisions and from such examinations and investigations to determine what form
of government is best suited to meet the needs of the residents of Nassau County.
c. Such commission shall report its findings and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
§ 1-8.0. Employees of Commission. Such commission shall have power by majority vote to employ
necessary experts, clerks and assistants. Nassau County Criminal Attorneys and Lawyers
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