Senate Bill S6442

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Removes residency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7282
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2023-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes residency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys.

2023-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6442 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6442
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 20, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. WALCZYK -- 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  removing  resi-
   dency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys

   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 73 to read as follows:
   73. IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIR-
 ING 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; 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.
                                                            LBD06184-01-3

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