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Assembly Bill A3827

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Removes residency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys

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2025-A3827 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A7282

2025-A3827 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes residency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys.

2025-A3827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3827
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. GRAY, BLANKENBUSH -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  removing  resi-
   dency requirements for Jefferson county assistant district attorneys
 
   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 76 to read as follows:
   76. IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIR-
 ING 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 ASSISTANT DISTRICT
 ATTORNEY; 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 FIRST ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR 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 PERSON'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.
                                                            LBD08217-01-5

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