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Senate Bill S8733

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to qualifications for holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgomery

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2025-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L

2025-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows persons holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgomery to be a resident of certain other counties.

2025-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8733 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8733
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 7, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  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  qualifications
   for holding the office of correction officer in the county of Montgom-
   ery
 
   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 77 to read as follows:
   77. IN THE COUNTY  OF  MONTGOMERY,  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
 CORRECTION OFFICER IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH
 PERSON PERFORMING THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTION OFFICER RESIDES
 IN  MONTGOMERY  COUNTY  OR  ANY  ADJOINING  COUNTY WITHIN NEW YORK STATE
 UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY AN  ACT  OF  THE  STATE  LEGISLATURE.  SUCH
 PERSON  PERFORMING  THE  DUTIES  AND FUNCTIONS OF CORRECTION OFFICER MAY
 ALSO RESIDE IN ALBANY COUNTY, DELAWARE COUNTY, GREENE  COUNTY,  HAMILTON
 COUNTY, MADISON COUNTY, ONEIDA COUNTY, RENSSELAER COUNTY, WARREN COUNTY,
 OR WASHINGTON COUNTY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13749-03-6

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