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Senate Bill S7006

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county

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2019-S7006 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9590
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2288, A2575

2019-S7006 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Expands the waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Mechanicville, Saratoga county.

2019-S7006 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7006 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7006
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- 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  expanding  the
   waiver  of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city
   of Mechanicville, Saratoga county

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision 68 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
 added by chapter 461 of the the laws of 2019,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   [68.] 70. In the city of Mechanicville, in the county of Saratoga, 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 exercised, shall not prevent a person  from  holding  the
 office of city attorney of the city of Mechanicville, provided that such
 person  resides  in  Saratoga  county  OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY within the
 state of New York; provided, however that  any  person  performing  such
 functions  or  holding the office of the city attorney in any other city
 shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14219-01-9

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