§ 271. Planning board, creation, appointment. 1. Authorization. The\ntown board of each town is hereby authorized by local law or ordinance,\nto create a planning board consisting of five or seven members and\nshall, by resolution, appoint the members of such board and designate\nthe chairperson thereof. In the absence of a chairperson the planning\nboard may designate a member to serve as chairperson. The town board\nmay, as part of the local law or ordinance creating said planning board,\nprovide for the compensation of planning board members.\n 2. Appropriation for planning board. The town board is hereby\nauthorized and empowered to make such appropriation as it may see fit\nfor planning board expenses. In a town containing one or more villages,\nor parts thereof, such charges and expenses less fees, if any collected,\nshall be a charge upon the taxable property of that part of the town\noutside of said villages and shall be assessed, levied and collected\ntherefrom in the same manner as other town charges. The planning board\nshall have the power and authority to employ experts, clerks and a\nsecretary and to pay for their services, and to provide for such other\nexpenses as may be necessary and proper, not exceeding in all the\nappropriation that may be made therefor by the town board for such\nplanning board.\n 3. Town board members ineligible. No person who is a member of the\ntown board shall be eligible for membership on such planning board.\n 4. Terms of members first appointed. The terms of members of the board\nshall be for terms so fixed that the term of one member shall expire at\nthe end of the calendar year in which such members were initially\nappointed. The terms of the remaining members shall be so fixed that one\nterm shall expire at the end of each calendar year thereafter. At the\nexpiration of the term of each member first appointed, his or her\nsuccessor shall be appointed for a term which shall be equal in years to\nthe number of members of the board.\n 5. Terms of members now in office. Members now holding office for\nterms which do not expire at the end of a calendar year shall, upon the\nexpiration of their term, hold office until the end of the calendar year\nand their successors shall then be appointed for terms which shall be\nequal in years to the number of members of the board.\n 6. Increasing membership. Any town board may, by local law or\nordinance, increase a five member planning board to seven members.\nAdditional members shall be first appointed for single terms as provided\nby resolution of the town board in order that the terms of members shall\nexpire in each of seven successive years and their successors shall\nthereafter be appointed for full terms of seven years. No such\nadditional member shall take part in the consideration of any matter for\nwhich an application was on file with the planning board at the time of\nhis or her appointment.\n 7. Decreasing membership. A town board which has seven members on the\nplanning board may by local law or ordinance, decrease the membership to\nfive, to take effect upon the next two expirations of terms. However, no\nincumbent shall be removed from office except upon the expiration of his\nor her term, except as hereinafter provided.\n 7-a. Training and attendance requirements. a. Each member of the\nplanning board shall complete, at a minimum, four hours of training each\nyear designed to enable such members to more effectively carry out their\nduties. Training received by a member in excess of four hours in any one\nyear may be carried over by the member into succeeding years in order to\nmeet the requirements of this subdivision. Such training shall be\napproved by the town board and may include, but not be limited to,\ntraining provided by a municipality, regional or county planning office\nor commission, county planning federation, state agency, statewide\nmunicipal association, college or other similar entity. Training may be\npr
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