Senate Bill S8645

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Permits residents of Orange county and adjoining counties to hold the position of assistant district attorney in Orange county

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9785 - 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

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions
Votes

2021-S8645 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9785
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2021-S8645 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits residents of Orange county and adjoining counties to hold the position of assistant district attorney in Orange county.

2021-S8645 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8645 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8645
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 24, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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 qualification to
   hold the position of assistant district  attorney  in  the  county  of
   Orange
 
   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 72 to read as follows:
   72. IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, 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  OF  THE COUNTY OF ORANGE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN
 ORANGE COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING 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
 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.
                                                            LBD15172-01-2

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.