NY State Senate Bill 2019-S2125

Senate Bill S2125

Signed By Governor

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes a person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Lewis to reside in an adjoining county within the state

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 23, 2019	signed chap.396
Oct 11, 2019	delivered to governor
Jun 18, 2019	returned to senate passed assembly ordered to third reading rules cal.352 substituted for a5195
May 22, 2019	referred to governmental operations delivered to assembly passed senate
Mar 14, 2019	advanced to third reading
Mar 13, 2019	2nd report cal.
Mar 12, 2019	1st report cal.270
Jan 22, 2019	referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

- May 22, 2019 - Floor Vote
  S2125
  
  61
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: May 22, 2019
      
      aye (61)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Amedore
      
      Antonacci
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jacobs
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Little
      
      Liu
      
      Martinez
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Metzger
      
      Montgomery
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      excused (1)
      
      Funke
  Mar 12, 2019 - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote
  S2125
  
  7
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Investigations And Government Operations Committee Vote: Mar 12, 2019
      
      aye (7)
      
      Biaggi
      
      Carlucci
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Lanza
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Skoufis

2019-S2125 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5195
Law Section:: Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:: S8330, A10649

2019-S2125 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Lewis to reside in an adjoining county within the state.

2019-S2125 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2125

SPONSOR: GRIFFO
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing a
person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county
of Lewis to reside in an adjoining county within the state

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would amend section three of the public officers law relation
to authorize a person to hold the office of assistant district attorney
in the county of Lewis so long as they reside in an adjoining county
within the state.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would amend section three of the public officers law to add a
new subdivision 67 to provide that in the county of Lewis, the
provisions of this section, or any other provisions of law, requiring a

person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corpo-
ration 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
of the county of Lewis, other than first assistant district attorney,
provided that such person resides in Lewis county or an adjoining county
within the state of New York.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

The office of assistant district attorney is a very critical position to
assuring the maintenance of justice within a county. Any person who
maintains such office must be highly qualified and fully capable of
carrying out their important mission of administration of justice.

Sadly, in many small counties in upstate New York, the pool of qualified
individuals able to present themselves to hold such an important posi-
tion for their community may not always be present. In such cases, it
might be necessary for such counties to look to an adjoining county from
which they may hire and retain such a qualified and capable individual.

Other similarly situated rural counties across the state have thereby
sought and received permission to expand their talent search for a qual-
ified assistant district attorney in an adjoin county within the state.
This bill would extend this ability to Lewis County as well.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2018 - S. 8330a Passed Senate/A. 10649a Governmental Operations.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate.

2019-S2125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2125
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  authorizing  a
   person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county
   of Lewis to reside in an adjoining county within the state
 
   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 LEWIS, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A
 PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION 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
 OF  THE  COUNTY OF LEWIS, OTHER THAN THE FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTOR-
 NEY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN LEWIS COUNTY OR IN AN  ADJOIN-
 ING  COUNTY  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  FIRST  ASSISTANT
 DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  OR  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.
                                                            LBD06991-01-9

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