Assembly Bill A6317

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows a county clerk to employ an attorney-at-law to defend against certain civil actions; and relates to the removal of public officers by the governor

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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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2019-A6317 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3868
Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §409, County L; amd §34, Pub Off L

2019-A6317 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a county clerk to employ an attorney-at-law to defend against certain civil actions; and relates to the removal of public officers by the governor.

2019-A6317 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6317
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 5, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. WALSH, SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to allowing a  county  clerk
   to  employ an attorney-at-law to defend against certain civil actions;
   and to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  removal  of
   public officers by the governor

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 409 of the county law is amended by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3 to read as follows:
    3.  (A)  NOTWITHSTANDING  SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION OR
 ANY OTHER INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, A COUNTY CLERK  MAY  EMPLOY  AN
 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW TO DEFEND ANY CIVIL ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST
 HIM  OR  HER  IN HIS OR HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS AN AGENT OF THE COMMIS-
 SIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES AS DESIGNATED UNDER SECTION TWO HUNDRED FIVE OF
 THE VEHICLE AND TRAFFIC LAW.
   (B) ALL DAMAGES RECOVERED AGAINST,  OR  COSTS  AND  EXPENSES  LAWFULLY
 INCURRED BY A COUNTY CLERK, INCLUDING ATTORNEY'S FEES, IN THE DEFENSE OF
 A  CIVIL  ACTION  OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT AGAINST SUCH CLERK IN HIS OR HER
 CAPACITY AS AN AGENT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES FOR AN  OFFI-
 CIAL  ACT  DONE,  OR  FOR FAILURE TO PERFORM AN OFFICIAL ACT, SHALL BE A
 STATE CHARGE AND SHALL BE AUDITED AND PAID IN THE SAME MANNER  AS  STATE
 CHARGES.  WHEN  THE ACT UPON WHICH THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING IS BASED WAS
 DONE IN GOOD FAITH, BUT WITHOUT THE AUTHORITY OF LAW OR AUTHORIZATION BY
 THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES, THE STATE COMPTROLLER MAY AUDIT  AND
 PAY  THE  SAME  AS  STATE CHARGES, EVEN IF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS
 INITIATED AGAINST THE CLERK BY THE COMMISSIONER OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section  34  of  the  public  officers  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  15  of  the  laws  of  1928, is amended to read as
 follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09991-01-9
              

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