Bill Text: NY S06588 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Authorizes person holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Essex to reside in an adjoining county within the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-07 - SIGNED CHAP.225 [S06588 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06588-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6588--A
           Cal. No. 306
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 10, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
         ment Operations -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered  to
         first  and  second  report,  ordered  to  a third reading, amended and
         ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
       AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to  the  qualifica-
         tions  for  holding  the  office of assistant district attorney in the
         county of Essex
         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 62 to read as follows:
    3    62. IN THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING A
    4  PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
    5  RATION  OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN WHICH
    6  HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL  NOT
    7  PREVENT  A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    8  OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN ESSEX COUN-
    9  TY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEV-
   10  ER, THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE  OFFICE  OF
   11  ASSISTANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY IN ANY OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF
   12  SUCH COUNTY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
   13  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY TO ANY PERSON HOLDING THE OFFICE OF FIRST
   14  ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY OR CHIEF ASSISTANT  DISTRICT  ATTORNEY,  THE
   15  HOLDER  OF  WHICH  WOULD ASSUME THE DUTIES OF THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY UPON
   16  THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S ABSENCE FROM THE COUNTY  OR  UPON  THE  DISTRICT
   17  ATTORNEY'S INABILITY TO PERFORM HIS OR HER DUTIES.
   18    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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