Assembly Bill A9916

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county

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Current Bill Status Via S9265 - 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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2023-A9916 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9265
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2023-A9916 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Greene county including assistant public defender.

2023-A9916 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9916
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 26, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. TAGUE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law,  in  relation  to  waiving  the
   residency  requirement  for  certain  county attorney positions within
   Greene county
 
   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 75 to read as follows:
   75.  IN THE COUNTY OF GREENE, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING
 A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF  THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN
 WHICH  THEIR  OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT
 PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER OF
 THE COUNTY OF GREENE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH  PERSON  RESIDES  IN  A  COUNTY
 ADJOINING  GREENE COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER
 THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING SUCH OFFICES 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  PUBLIC  DEFENDER,  THE
 HOLDER  OF WHICH WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES OF THE PUBLIC DEFENDER UPON THE
 PUBLIC DEFENDER'S ABSENCE FROM THE COUNTY OR UPON THE PUBLIC  DEFENDER'S
 INABILITY TO PERFORM THEIR DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15188-01-4

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