Assembly Bill A6851

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to abolishing the office of coroner

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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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2021-A6851 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1887
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §400, County L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10220, S7258
2023-2024: A6326, S2760

2021-A6851 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Abolishes the office of coroner.

2021-A6851 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6851
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Local Governments
 
 AN  ACT to amend the county law, in relation to abolishing the office of
   coroner
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Subdivision 2 of section 400 of the county law, as amended
 by chapter 654 of the laws of 1952, is amended to read as follows:
   2. Coroners. (A) EACH COUNTY, EXCLUDING LEWIS COUNTY AND MADISON COUN-
 TY, SHALL ABOLISH THE OFFICE OF CORONER.
   (B) At least one hundred fifty days prior to any general election  and
 subject  to a permissive referendum, the board of supervisors shall have
 power by local law to abolish the  office  of  coroner  and  create  the
 office of medical examiner.
   (C) The terms of office of all coroners elected or appointed and hold-
 ing  office in the county at the time [such local law becomes effective]
 SUCH OFFICE IS ABOLISHED shall expire upon the  appointment  and  quali-
 fication  of the medical examiner and at the general election to be held
 in such year and thereafter no coroners shall be elected in the county.
   § 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06050-01-1

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