Click the above link for the full CodeBook Over the years, the County of Sullivan has passed
through a process of legislative change common to many American
communities. While only a few simple laws were necessary when the
County was established, subsequent growth of the community, together
with the complexity of modern life, has created the need for new and
more detailed legislation. The orderly collection of these records is
an important step in this process. Legislation must be more than mere
chronological enactments reposing in the pages of old records. It must
be available, logically arranged for convenient use, and kept
up-to-date. It was with thoughts such as these in mind that the County
Legislature ordered the following codification of the County's
legislation, which was completed in 1999. The various chapters of the Code contain all
currently effective local laws of a general and permanent nature
enacted by the County Legislature of the County of Sullivan, including
revisions or amendments to existing legislation deemed necessary by the
County Legislature in the course of the codification. The Code is divided into three major divisions. The
first division includes the Charter of the County. The second division
includes the Administrative Code. The third division includes all
legislation of a general and permanent nature as Parts I and II. Part
I, Administrative Legislation, contains all County legislation of an
administrative nature, such as that dealing with the administration of
government, that establishing or regulating municipal departments and
that affecting officers and employees of the municipal government and
its departments. Part II, General Legislation, contains all other
county legislation of a regulatory nature. Items of legislation in this
part generally impose penalties for violation of their provisions,
whereas those in Part I do not. |