Bill Text: NY S06588 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Essex to reside in an adjoining county within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-07 - SIGNED CHAP.225 [S06588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06588-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6588
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- 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  the  qualifica-
         tions  for  holding  the  office of assistant district attorney in the
         county of Essex
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
    2  new subdivision 62 to read as follows:
    3    62. IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A
    4  PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
    5  RATION  OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH
    6  HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL  NOT
    7  PREVENT  A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    8  OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN ESSEX COUN-
    9  TY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
   10  ER, THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDINGS THE OFFICE  OF
   11  ASSISTANT DISTRICT  ATTORNEY IN OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH
   12  COUNTY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVI-
   13  SION SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY PERSON HOLDING THE OFFICE OF FIRST ASSISTANT
   14  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY  OR  CHIEF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY, THE HOLDER OF
   15  WHICH WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY UPON THE DISTRICT
   16  ATTORNEY'S ABSENCE FROM THE  COUNTY  OR  UPON  THE  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY'S
   17  INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS OR HER DUTIES.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD13934-01-4