Senate Bill S7801

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • 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-S7801 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8311
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S7801 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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

2025-S7801 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S7801 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7801
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 9, 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 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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