Bill Text: NY A06770 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Waives the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services, provided that such person remains a resident of an adjoining county.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-09-15 - signed chap.407 [A06770 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A06770-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6770 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MILLER, SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the residency requirement for the Herkimer county commissioner of social services 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 Herkimer, 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 Herkimer county commis- 8 sioner of social services, provided that such person resides in a county 9 adjoining Herkimer county within the state of New York; provided, howev- 10 er that any person performing such functions or holding the office of 11 county commissioner of social services in any other county shall be a 12 resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10872-01-3