Assembly Bill A8212

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Permits political subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set the residency requirements for certain positions

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly 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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2025-A8212 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7639
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A8212 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits political subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set the residency requirements for public officer positions.

2025-A8212 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8212
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to permitting poli-
   tical subdivisions and municipal corporations of the state to set  the
   residency requirements for certain positions

   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 1-b to read as follows:
   1-B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, CHARTER,  CODE,  ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  RULE  OR
 REGULATION,  REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL
 BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH THEIR OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE  REQUIRED  TO  BE
 EXERCISED,  THE LEGISLATIVE BODY OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION OF THE STATE MAY BY LOCAL LAW, ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION,  SET
 OR WAIVE SUCH RESIDENCY REQUIREMENTS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11773-01-5

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