senate Bill S2068

2019-2020 Legislative Session

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

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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 04, 2019 returned to senate
passed assembly
ordered to third reading cal.530
substituted for a6357
May 21, 2019 referred to governmental operations
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Mar 04, 2019 advanced to third reading
Feb 28, 2019 2nd report cal.
Feb 27, 2019 1st report cal.171
Jan 22, 2019 referred to investigations and government operations

Votes

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May 21, 2019 - floor Vote

S2068
61
0
floor
61
Aye
0
Nay
0
Absent
1
Excused
0
Abstained
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Floor Vote: May 21, 2019

aye (61)
excused (1)

Feb 27, 2019 - Investigations and Government Operations committee Vote

S2068
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Investigations and Government Operations Committee Vote: Feb 27, 2019

aye (7)

S2068 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6357
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

S2068 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

S2068 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S2068 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 


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

                                  2068

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 22, 2019
                               ___________

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  waiving  the
  residency  requirement  for the city attorney in the city of Mechanic-
  ville, Saratoga 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  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  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.
                                                           LBD08435-01-9

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