Bill Text: NY S04532 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to citizenship requirements in the county of Onondaga for the position of assistant district attorney.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04532 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S04532-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4532--A
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,   ordered
         reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
       AN  ACT in relation to citizenship requirements in the county of Ononda-
         ga; and providing for the repeal of such  provisions  upon  expiration
         thereof
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3 of  the  public
    2  officers  law  requiring a person holding a civil office to be a citizen
    3  of the United States, in the county of Onondaga there may be one  person
    4  holding the office of assistant district attorney for such county who is
    5  a  resident  of  such  county but is not a citizen of the United States,
    6  provided that all assistant district attorneys of such county shall meet
    7  all of the qualifications for holding such office pursuant to section  3
    8  of  the  public  officers law within four years of the effective date of
    9  this act unless otherwise provided by law. Provided, further,  that  any
   10  person  performing  the  functions  or  holding  the office of assistant
   11  district attorney in any other county shall be a citizen of  the  United
   12  States  unless  otherwise  provided  by  law. The provisions of this act
   13  shall not apply to any person holding  the  office  of  first  assistant
   14  district  attorney,  chief  assistant  district  attorney,  or any other
   15  office the holder of which would  assume  the  duties  of  the  district
   16  attorney  upon  the  district attorney's absence from the county or upon
   17  the district attorney's inability to perform his or her duties.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
   19  deemed repealed four years after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03486-04-5