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Senate Bill S7270

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county

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2025-S7270 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S9684

2025-S7270 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county.

2025-S7270 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7270 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7270
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  waiving  the
   residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health
   director for Putnam 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 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 SUCH PERSON'S OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE  REQUIRED  TO  BE  EXERCISED,
 SHALL  NOT  PREVENT  A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER OF
 HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF PUTNAM,  PROVIDED
 THAT  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN PUTNAM COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH
 FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  AND  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  DIRECTOR  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.
                                                            LBD11268-01-5

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