STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5962 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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- tion to hold the position of assistant district attorney in the county of Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer, the provisions of this section 4 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or 5 municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen 6 or within which his or her official functions are required to be exer- 7 cised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant 8 district attorney of the county of Rensselaer, provided that such person 9 resides in Rensselaer county or an adjoining county within the state of 10 New York; provided, however, that any person performing such functions 11 or holding the office of assistant district attorney in any other county 12 shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The 13 provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the 14 office of chief assistant district attorney, the holder of which would 15 assume the duties of the district attorney upon the district attorney's 16 absence from the county or upon the district attorney's inability to 17 perform his or her duties. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10444-01-3