§ 106-a. Reducing number of justices in adjacent towns.\n 1. The town boards of two or more towns that form a contiguous\ngeographic area within the same county are hereby authorized to\nestablish a single town court to be comprised of town justices to be\nelected from each of such towns in the same manner and for the same\nterms as town justices are so elected except that the number of such\nterms expiring in any one year may not exceed by more than one the\nnumber of terms expiring in any other year in which terms expire;\nprovided, however, the town boards of the towns of Erin and Chemung in\nChemung county are hereby authorized to establish a single town court in\naccordance with the provisions of this section. The procedure to\nestablish such single court may be initiated by the town board or may be\ninitiated by petition. In the event the procedure is initiated by\npetition, the petition shall be addressed to each town board and shall\nbe signed by at least twenty percent of the registered voters in such\ntowns.\n 2. The petition shall be made upon white paper containing the\nsignatures of qualified electors of each town. The sheets of such a\npetition shall be numbered consecutively, beginning with number one, at\nthe foot of each sheet. Such petition must set forth in every instance\nthe correct date of signing, the full name of the signer and his or her\npresent residence. A signer need not himself or herself fill in the date\nor residence.\n Each sheet of such petition shall be signed in ink and shall be\nsubstantially in the following form:\n To the Town Boards of the Towns of ................. and .............\nCounty of ................ State of New York.\n We, the undersigned, duly qualified electors of the towns of\n............... and ................. respectfully petition each town\nboard to reduce the number of justices in each town to one justice and\nprovide for the extension of the geographic jurisdiction of such\njustices to include the area of such towns and also to provide for an\norderly transition subject to the approval of the electors of each town\nas authorized by law.\n Date Signature Residence\n.........................................................................\n.........................................................................\n.........................................................................\n.........................................................................\n Statement of Witness:\n I.............state: I am over the age of eighteen years and now\nreside at...................(residence, address, or post office address\nif not identical) in the Town of.................in the State of New\nYork, County of................Each of the electors whose names are\nsubscribed to this petition sheet containing..................(fill in\nnumber) signatures, subscribed his or her name in my presence.\n I understand that this statement will be accepted for all purposes as\nthe equivalent of an affidavit and, if it contains a material false\nstatement, shall subject me to the same penalties as if I had been duly\nsworn.\n.........................................................................\n Date Signature of Witness\n 3. Such petition shall be filed in the office of the town clerk of one\nof such towns and a certified copy shall be filed in the office of the\ntown clerk of the other town or towns.\n 4. Any town board may adopt a resolution calling for the reduction of\nthe number of justices in the town and in one or more towns that form a\ncontiguous geographic area. The filing of such original resolution shall\nhave the same effect as the filing of a petition as authorized by this\nsection and the clerk in whose office such resolution was filed shall\nproceed in the same manner as if such resolution was a duly filed\npetition. A certified copy of such resolution shall be filed in the\noffice of the town clerk of
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