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Senate Bill S8454

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director

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2025-S8454 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9074
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S8454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Exempts persons holding the offices of public health director and director of community services of St. Lawrence county from the requirement that such person 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.

2025-S8454 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8454
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law,  in  relation  to  waiving  the
   residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health direc-
   tor and community services director

   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 ST. LAWRENCE,  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  FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COUNTY PUBLIC
 HEALTH DIRECTOR OR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE COUNTY  OF  ST.
 LAWRENCE,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN A COUNTY ADJOINING ST.
 LAWRENCE COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY
 PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COUNTY  PUBLIC
 HEALTH  DIRECTOR  OR  DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES 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.
                                                            LBD13466-01-5

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