Bill Text: NY A01244 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango; allows assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders in Chenango county to reside in Chenango county or an adjoining county.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-13 - SIGNED CHAP.292 [A01244 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A01244-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1244 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 14, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, D'URSO, FINCH, LAWRENCE, MONTESANO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the qualifica- tions for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango 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 2 two new subdivisions 68 and 69 to read as follows: 3 68. In the county of Chenango, the provisions of this section requir- 4 ing a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal 5 corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within 6 which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall 7 not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant district 8 attorney of the county of Chenango, provided that such person resides in 9 Chenango county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; 10 provided, however that any person performing such functions or holding 11 the office of assistant district attorney in any other county shall be a 12 resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions 13 of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the office of 14 first assistant district attorney, the holder of which would assume the 15 duties of the district attorney upon the district attorney's absence 16 from the county or upon the district attorney's inability to perform his 17 or her duties. 18 69. In the county of Chenango, the provisions of this section requir- 19 ing a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal 20 corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within 21 which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall 22 not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant public defen- 23 der of the county of Chenango, provided that such person resides in 24 Chenango county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD02985-01-9A. 1244 2 1 provided, however that any person performing such functions or holding 2 the office of assistant public defender in any other county shall be a 3 resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions 4 of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the office of 5 first assistant public defender, the holder of which would assume the 6 duties of the public defender upon the public defender's absence from 7 the county or upon the public defender's inability to perform his or her 8 duties. 9 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.