Assembly Bill A8311

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney

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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-A8311 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7801
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A8311 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.

2025-A8311 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8311
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public officers law, in relation to waiving the
   residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney
 
   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 PUTNAM, 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  THEIR  OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT
 PREVENT A PERSON REGULARLY ADMITTED TO PRACTICE AS AN ATTORNEY OR  COUN-
 SELOR  IN  THE COURTS OF RECORD OF THIS STATE FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF
 PUTNAM COUNTY ATTORNEY, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES  IN  A  COUNTY
 ADJOINING  PUTNAM COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER
 THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING SUCH OFFICES IN ANY
 OTHER COUNTY 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.
                                                            LBD11908-01-5

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