Senate Bill S7538

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the authority of district attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals

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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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2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10553
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง700, County L

2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the authority of district attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals.

2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7538 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7538

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 31, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  SALAND, GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the authority of district
  attorneys to hire and retain licensed professionals

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

  Section  1.  Section  700 of the county law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 13 to read as follows:
  13. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SERVICES  TO  CRIME  VICTIMS,  WITNESSES,  AND
OTHER  PERSONS  INVOLVED  IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND TO SUPPORT
CRIME PREVENTION PROGRAMS, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAY EMPLOY OR  CONTRACT
WITH PERSONS LICENSED AND REGISTERED TO PRACTICE OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED
UNDER  ARTICLE  ONE  HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE, ONE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR, OR ONE
HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE OF THE EDUCATION  LAW,  OR  CONTRACT  WITH  ENTITIES
AUTHORIZED  TO  PROVIDE  THE  SERVICES  SPECIFIED  IN  SUCH ARTICLES, IN
CONNECTION WITH THE PROVISION OF ANY SERVICES THAT SUCH PERSONS OR ENTI-
TIES ARE AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE AND THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY  THE  DISTRICT
ATTORNEY.
  S  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  immediately, provided that, for
purposes of satisfying the experience  requirements  for  licensure  set
forth  in  article  153,  154, or 163 of the education law, satisfactory
experience obtained in the  office  of  a  district  attorney  providing
services  authorized in section 700 of the county law may be accepted by
the education department, notwithstanding that such experience may  have
been obtained prior to the effective date of this act.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD16103-01-2


              

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