Bill Text: NY S08971 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives the residency requirement for appointed public officers employed by Putnam county provided that such person resides in the state of New York.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-03 - referred to governmental operations [S08971 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S08971-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8971 IN SENATE April 4, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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 waiving the residency requirement for appointed public officers employed by Putnam 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 75 to read as follows: 3 75. In respect to public officers employed by Putnam county, the 4 provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the 5 political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which 6 such person shall be chosen or within which their official functions are 7 required to be exercised shall not prevent a person from holding any 8 appointed public office, provided that such person resides in the state 9 of New York. 10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD15077-01-4
