§ 107.61. Procedure; rules.
The board shall keep a journal of its proceedings. It shall establish rules for its proceedings, including rules for the appointment of all committees and for compelling the attendance of all absent members, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act or of general law or with the following specific provisions:
1.
The County Board shall proceed only by local law, act or resolution. Local laws, acts and resolutions except motions for adjournment shall be introduced only in written or printed form. All acts, except acts making appropriations and acts codifying or rearranging existing acts or resolutions or enacting a code of laws, shall be confined to one subject, and the subject or subjects of all acts shall be clearly expressed in the title. Acts making appropriations shall be confined to the subject of appropriations. No money shall be appropriated, bond issue or other loan authorized, tax or assessment levied, office created, salary fixed, franchise or privilege granted, real property of the county sold, ordinance adopted, fine or penalty established, except by act.
2.
Except as otherwise provided by this chapter or by Chapter 852 of the Laws of 1948, known as the Westchester County Administrative Code, as amended, or as otherwise provided by the Local Finance Law or other statute, no local law, act or resolution, except resolutions relating to procedure, shall be passed by the board by less than a majority of all members of the board. The yeas and nays shall be taken upon the passage of all local laws, acts and resolutions which involve or might involve the expenditure of money and entered upon the journal of the proceedings of the board. All local laws, resolutions, acts and other measures filed with the board shall be open to public inspection at all times during which the office of the Clerk of the County Board shall be open.
3.
Whenever the term "two-thirds" is used in this Act with regard to any vote of the County Board it shall mean 12 members of the entire County Board consisting of 17 members.
(§ 11 of the Laws of 1937, Ch. 617; amended by Laws of 1939, Ch. 735; Laws of 1942, Ch. 625; Laws of 1943, Ch. 710; L.L. No. 5-1969; L.L. No. 14-1973; L.L. No. 15-1991)
State law reference
Adoption of local laws, Municipal Home Rule Law, § 1 et seq.; open meetings, Public Officers Law, § 100 et seq.; access to records, Public Officers Law, § 85 et seq.