New York Assembly Bill A06812 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6812--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 8, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Essex 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 73 to read as follows: 3 73. 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 public defender 8 provided that such person resides in a county adjoining Essex county 9 within the state of New York; provided, however that any person perform- 10 ing such functions or holding such offices in any other county shall be 11 a resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. 12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10133-02-3