S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8164
I N S E N A T E
June 24, 2016
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Introduced by Sen. CARLUCCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public officers law in relation to the removal of
residency as a condition precedent to employment for any political
subdivision or municipal corporation of the state or any of its agen-
cies
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative finding and declaration. The legislature hereby
finds and declares that there is a substantial state interest in the
fair and equitable treatment of public employees throughout the state
who are permitted to reside in localities outside the political subdivi-
sion or municipal corporation of the state for which they work. That
substantial state interest would be furthered by establishing that no
employee who resides in a permitted locality be subject to any levy or
payment by choosing to reside in such permitted locality. Therefore, the
legislature declares the necessity for the enactment of this act to
establish that no public employee who becomes a nonresident of a poli-
tical subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or
she works shall be obligated to make a payment because he or she becomes
a nonresident by residing in a locality permitted by state or other
applicable law.
S 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 65 to read as follows:
65. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY GENERAL,
SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, COMMENCING ON JANUARY FIRST OF THE CALENDAR
YEAR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, NO EMPLOYEE OF ANY
POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OR ANY OF
ITS AGENCIES THAT RESIDES IN A COUNTY PERMITTED BY THIS SECTION OR ANY
OTHER APPLICABLE LAW SHALL BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE ANY PAYMENT OR SATISFY
ANY LEVY PURSUANT TO A CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT, OR AGREEMENT THAT SUCH
EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE SIGNED, THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE SHALL PAY ANY AMOUNT IF
SUCH EMPLOYEE BECOMES A NONRESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15914-01-6