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Assembly Bill A8344

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland

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2025-A8344 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8276
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-A8344 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows a non-resident to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland.

2025-A8344 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8344
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 13, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  P. CARROLL  -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to qualification to
   hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of  Rock-
   land
 
   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 ROCKLAND, 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 THEY SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN  WHICH
 THEIR OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT
 A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY OF THE
 COUNTY  OF ROCKLAND, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN ROCKLAND COUN-
 TY, ANY COUNTY OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT  OF  NEW  YORK,  NEW  YORK
 CITY,  OR  ANY OTHER ADJOINING COUNTY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON
 PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT  COUNTY
 ATTORNEY  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.
                                                            LBD11898-01-5

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