Senate Bill S8985

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester

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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-S8985 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10427
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §322, Judy L

2021-S8985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to residency requirements for stenographers in the county of Westchester; provides the district attorney may appoint someone residing in any county of the ninth judicial district.

2021-S8985 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8985
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to residency requirements
   for stenographers in the county of Westchester
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 322 of the judiciary law, as amended by chapter 165
 of the laws of 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   §  322.  Stenographers  to  be  citizens and residents of county where
 appointed. Every stenographer appointed under  the  provisions  of  this
 title  shall  be  a  citizen  and  resident of the county in which he is
 appointed, except that  the  district  attorney  of  Warren  county  may
 appoint a stenographer residing either in the county of Washington or in
 the  county of Saratoga and the district attorney of Hamilton county may
 appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Fulton and the district
 attorney of Wyoming county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
 the county of Genesee or in the county of Livingston  and  the  district
 attorney of Madison county may appoint a stenographer residing either in
 the  county  of  Onondaga or in the county of Oneida or in any county in
 the sixth judicial district and the district attorney of Allegany county
 may appoint a stenographer residing in the county of Steuben or  in  any
 county  in  the  eighth  judicial  district and the district attorney of
 Niagara county may appoint a stenographer  residing  in  the  county  of
 Erie,  Genesee  or Orleans and the district attorneys of Chemung, Tioga,
 Tompkins and Otsego counties may each appoint a stenographer residing in
 any county in the sixth judicial district and the district  attorney  of
 Schoharie  county  may  appoint a stenographer residing in any county in
 the third judicial district and  the  district  attorney  of  Washington
 county may appoint a stenographer residing either in the county of Sara-
 toga  or  in  the county of Warren and the district attorney of Saratoga
 county may appoint a stenographer residing in either Schenectady county,
 or Albany county or Rensselaer county  and  the  district  attorneys  of
 Columbia  and Greene counties may appoint a stenographer residing in any
 county of the third judicial district  and  the  district  attorneys  of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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