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Senate Bill S6668

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to residency requirements for members of municipal departments of sanitation

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2013-S6668 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9929
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง3 & 30, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S1996, A1779
2017-2018: S5438, A7070

2013-S6668 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to residency requirements for members of municipal departments of sanitation; removes the five years of service residency issue.

2013-S6668 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6668 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6668

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 25, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  residency
  requirements for members of municipal departments of sanitation

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2-a of section 3 of the public officers law, as
amended by chapter 200 of the laws  of  2006,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2-a.  Neither  the  provisions  of  this  section, nor of any general,
special or local law, charter,  code,  ordinance,  resolution,  rule  or
regulation,  requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdi-
vision or municipal corporation of the  state  for  which  he  shall  be
chosen  or  within which his official functions are required to be exer-
cised, shall apply to the appointment of a member of the  department  of
sanitation  of  any  municipality  of  the state who resides in a county
within the state contiguous  to  such  municipality.  A  member  of  the
department  of  sanitation  of  any  political  subdivision or municipal
corporation [who has five or more years of service] may reside (a) in  a
county  in  which such political subdivision or municipal corporation is
located; or (b) in a county within the state contiguous to the county in
which such political subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or
(c) in a county within the state contiguous to such  political  subdivi-
sion or municipal corporation; or (d) in a county within the state which
is not more than fifteen miles from such political subdivision or munic-
ipal corporation.
  S  2. Subdivision 5 of section 30 of the public officers law, as sepa-
rately amended by chapters 200 and 209 of the laws of 2006,  is  amended
to read as follows:
  5. Neither the provisions of this section, nor of any general, special
or  local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
creating a vacancy in a local  office  of  a  political  subdivision  or
municipal  corporation  if the incumbent thereof ceases to be a resident

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

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