Bill Text: NY A09905 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the qualifications for holding the office of assistant district attorney in the county of Orleans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2020-09-21 - signed chap.176 [A09905 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A09905-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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            S. 7870                                                  A. 9905

                SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                                    February 27, 2020
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        IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
          and Government Operations

        IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- 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 office of  assistant district  attorney  in the
          county of Orleans

          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 70 to read as follows:
     3    70. In the county of Orleans, the provisions of this section requiring
     4  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 Orleans, provided that such person resides in
     9  the state of New York; except any assistant district  attorney  assuming
    10  the duties of the district attorney or acting district attorney upon the
    11  district  attorney's  inability  to  perform his or her duties shall, if
    12  they have not already, as soon as practical, establish a residence with-
    13  in the county of Orleans.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15149-02-0