Bill Text: NY A05574 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5574

Introduced

Bill Title: Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-18 - referred to local governments [A05574 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A05574-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5574

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    February 18, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to reestablishing the office
          of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and  duties
          of  coroners  from  the  district attorney in such county and allowing
          Oswego county to appoint a coroner

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  This  act  reestablishes the office of coroner within the
     2  county of Oswego and removes such powers and duties from the  office  of
     3  the district attorney and places it with the office of the coroner with-
     4  in the county of Oswego.
     5    § 2. Section 400 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
     6  sion 3-c to read as follows:
     7    3-c.  Coroner  in Oswego county. The office of coroner is hereby rees-
     8  tablished in the county of Oswego. The powers and duties of the  coroner
     9  previously held by the district attorney are now placed in the office of
    10  the  coroner of the county of Oswego. Such coroner shall be appointed by
    11  the county legislature. The provisions of this section  shall  not  have
    12  the  effect  under  section ten of the municipal home rule law to permit
    13  any county, other than Oswego county as herein  prescribed,  to  change,
    14  amend or supersede, by local law, any provisions of this chapter.
    15    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
    16  the district attorney in Oswego county shall continue to  serve  as  the
    17  coroner until such time as a coroner is appointed.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05562-01-5