Assembly Bill A6551

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney or senior district attorney in the county of Cayuga

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3115 - Signed by Governor

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3115
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2019-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits a person performing the functions of assistant district attorney or senior assistant district attorney in Cayuga county to be a resident of either Cayuga county or an adjoining county.

2019-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6551
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. FINCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  qualifica-
   tions  for holding the office of assistant district attorney or senior
   district attorney in the county of Cayuga

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 68 to read as follows:
   68.  IN THE COUNTY OF CAYUGA, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING
 A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF  THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION  OF  THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN
 WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED,  SHALL
 NOT  PREVENT  A  PERSON  FROM  HOLDING  THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY OR SENIOR ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF  CAYUGA,
 PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN CAYUGA COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUN-
 TY  WITHIN  THE  STATE  OF  NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY PERSON
 PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE  OF  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY  IN  ANY OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY UNLESS
 OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.  THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT
 APPLY TO ANY PERSON HOLDING  THE  OFFICE  OF  CHIEF  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY,  THE  HOLDER  OF WHICH WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY UPON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ABSENCE FROM THE  COUNTY  OR  UPON
 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS OR HER DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09375-01-9

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