Senate Bill S19

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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Archive: Last 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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2025-S19 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S5608

2025-S19 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county including assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant county attorney.

2025-S19 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    19
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  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  waiving  the
   residency  requirement  for  certain  county attorney positions within
   Warren 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 76 to read as follows:
   76.  IN THE COUNTY OF WARREN, 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  SUCH  PERSON'S  OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED,
 SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY, ASSISTANT PUBLIC DEFENDER OR ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY OF  THE
 COUNTY  OF WARREN, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN A COUNTY ADJOIN-
 ING WARREN 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 SUCH OFFICE'S DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00169-01-5

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