Senate Bill S7790

Signed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of corporation counsel in the city of Amsterdam

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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-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9744
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2019-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of corporation counsel in the city of Amsterdam; provides that a person not living in the city of Amsterdam may hold the office of corporation counsel for such city provided he or she lives in Montgomery county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

2019-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7790 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7790
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. AMEDORE -- 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  qualifications
   for holding the office of corporation counsel in the city of Amsterdam
 
   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 70 to read as follows:
   70. IN THE CITY  OF  AMSTERDAM,  IN  THE  COUNTY  OF  MONTGOMERY,  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  CORPORATION  COUNSEL IN THE CITY OF AMSTERDAM, PROVIDED THAT
 SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING  COUNTY  WITHIN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH
 FUNCTIONS  OR  HOLDING SUCH OFFICE IN ANY OTHER CITY SHALL BE A RESIDENT
 OF SUCH CITY 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.
                                                            LBD14861-01-0

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