Bill Text: NY A06730 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives the residency requirement for any appointed public official in Jefferson county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-09 - enacting clause stricken [A06730 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06730-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6730 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the residency requirement for any appointed public official in Jefferson 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 73 to read as follows: 3 73. In the county of Jefferson, the provisions of this section requir- 4 ing a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal 5 corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within 6 which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall 7 not prevent a person from holding any appointed public office, provided 8 that such person resides in a county adjoining Jefferson county within 9 the state of New York; provided, however that any person appointed to 10 public office in any other county shall be a resident of such county 11 unless otherwise provided by law. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10978-01-3
