Bill Text: NY S02045 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to the full-time status of the district attorney of Hamilton county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2022-12-23 - VETOED MEMO.158 [S02045 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S02045-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          2045

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    January 19, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government

        AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the full-time  status  of
          the district attorney of Hamilton county

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

     1    Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 700 of the county law, as  amended
     2  by chapter 419 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows:
     3    8.  The district attorney of a county having a population of more than
     4  one hundred thousand according to the last  federal  census  [and],  the
     5  district  attorney  of  Hamilton  county, the district attorney of Essex
     6  county and any county having a population of more  than  forty  thousand
     7  but less than one hundred thousand according to the last federal census,
     8  the  board of supervisors of which has designated such office as a full-
     9  time position, shall give his whole time to his  duties  and  shall  not
    10  engage  in the practice of law, act as an arbitrator, referee or compen-
    11  sated mediator in any action or proceeding or matter or  engage  in  the
    12  conduct  of  any  other profession or business which interferes with the
    13  performance of his duties as district attorney.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04121-01-1
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