Bill Text: NY S08971 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for a waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, provided that such person resides in Saratoga county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-25 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10004 [S08971 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S08971-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8971

                    IN SENATE

                                       May 3, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  JORDAN -- 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 providing for  a
          waiver  of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city
          of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county

          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 72 to read as follows:
     3    72.  In  the  city of Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga, the
     4  provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident  of   the
     5  political  subdivision  or  municipal corporation of the state for which
     6  such person shall be chosen or within which the person's official  func-
     7  tions  are required   to  be  exercised, shall not prevent a person from
     8  holding the office of city attorney of the  city  of  Saratoga  Springs,
     9  provided that such  person  resides  in Saratoga  county or an adjoining
    10  county  within  the  state  of New York; provided,   however   that  any
    11  person performing such functions or holding  such  office  of  the  city
    12  attorney  in  any  other city shall be   a  resident of such city unless
    13  otherwise provided by law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15166-01-2