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Senate Bill S6205

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes the assistant district attorney of the county of Chautauqua to reside outside of such county

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2019-S6205 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2019-S6205 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the assistant district attorney of the county of Chautauqua to reside outside of such county.

2019-S6205 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6205 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6205
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 22, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 authorizing  the
   assistant  district  attorney  of  the  county of Chautauqua to reside
   outside of such county

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 68 to read as follows:
   68.  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  CHAUTAUQUA,  THE  PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION
 REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT  OF  THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR
 MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN
 OR WITHIN WHICH HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO  BE  EXER-
 CISED,  SHALL  NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT
 DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF CHAUTAUQUA, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON
 RESIDES IN CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE  OF
 NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR
 HOLDING  THE  OFFICE  OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY IN ANY OTHER COUNTY
 SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. THE
 PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON HOLDING THE
 OFFICE OF FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR CHIEF ASSISTANT  DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY,  THE  HOLDER  OF WHICH WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY UPON THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ABSENCE FROM THE  COUNTY  OR  UPON
 THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS OR HER DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11972-01-9

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