Senate Bill S8945

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Waives the residency requirement for assistant district attorneys in Schenectady county

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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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2023-S8945 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9706
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2023-S8945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the residency requirement for assistant district attorneys in Schenectady county.

2023-S8945 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8945
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 2, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- 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  the  residency
   requirement for assistant district attorneys in Schenectady 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 75 to read as follows:
   75. IN THE COUNTY OF  SCHENECTADY,  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
 REQUIRING  A  PERSON  TO  BE  A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN
 OR WITHIN WHICH SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS  ARE  REQUIRED  TO  BE
 EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSIST-
 ANT  DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF THE COUNTY OF SCHENECTADY, PROVIDED, THAT SUCH
 PERSON RESIDES IN SCHENECTADY 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 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 SUCH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S DUTIES.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15084-01-4

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