Assembly Bill A7407

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Prohibits an assistant district attorney from running for certain public offices, unless such individual first resigns from current employment

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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-A7407 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3-c, Pub Off L

2021-A7407 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits an assistant district attorney from running for public office, other than the office of district attorney or a position as a judicial officer who is authorized to preside over a court of record, unless such individual first resigns from his or her public employment.

2021-A7407 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7407
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  prohibiting  an
   assistant  district  attorney from running for certain public offices,
   unless such individual first resigns from current employment

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3-c of the public officers law is amended by adding
 a new subdivision 3 to read as follows:
   3. NO ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY SHALL SEEK NOMINATION OR ELECTION TO
 ANY  COMPENSATED  FEDERAL,  STATE OR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICE, OTHER THAN THE
 OFFICE OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR A POSITION AS A JUDICIAL OFFICER  WHO  IS
 AUTHORIZED  TO  PRESIDE OVER A COURT OF RECORD, OR SHALL BECOME A CANDI-
 DATE FOR SUCH OFFICE, UNLESS SUCH INDIVIDUAL FIRST RESIGNS FROM  HIS  OR
 HER  PUBLIC  EMPLOYMENT,  OR REQUESTS AND IS GRANTED BY THEIR APPOINTING
 AUTHORITY A LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT PAY. SUCH RESIGNATION OR LEAVE MUST
 COMMENCE BEFORE SUCH INDIVIDUAL  ENGAGES  IN  ANY  CAMPAIGN  ACTIVITIES,
 INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO,  ANNOUNCING  A  CANDIDACY, CIRCULATING
 PETITIONS, SOLICITING CONTRIBUTIONS, DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE, OR  TAKING
 ANY OTHER ACTION TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE ONESELF AS A CANDIDATE FOR ELECTIVE
 OFFICE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect thirty days after it shall have become
 a law.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11100-03-1

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