Assembly Bill A5188

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  5188

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 10, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Cities

AN ACT to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the qualifica-
  tions of council members

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  New  York  city  charter  is amended by adding a new
section 21-a to read as follows:
  S 21-A. RESIDENCE QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS. NO PERSON SHALL SERVE  AS
A  MEMBER UNLESS HE OR SHE IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND, EXCEPT
AS HEREINAFTER OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED, HAS BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE  COUNCIL
DISTRICT FOR THE TWELVE MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS OR HER ELECTION
AND CONTINUOUSLY THEREAFTER; IF ELECTED AT THE FIRST ELECTION NEXT ENSU-
ING AFTER A READJUSTMENT OR ALTERATION OF DISTRICTS BECOMES EFFECTIVE, A
PERSON,  TO  BE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE AS A MEMBER, MUST HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT
OF THE BOROUGH IN WHICH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT IS CONTAINED FOR THE TWELVE
MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING HIS OR HER ELECTION AND A RESIDENT  OF  THE
DISTRICT UPON TAKING OFFICE AND CONTINUOUSLY THEREAFTER.
  S  2. This act shall effect immediately and shall apply to all members
elected on or after the date it shall have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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