New York Assembly Bill A07046 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7046 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY May 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to qualifications for holding the offices of city controller and city engineer in the city of Amsterdam 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 city of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery, 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 he 6 or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are 7 required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the 8 office of city controller or city engineer in the city of Amsterdam, 9 provided that such person resides in Montgomery county or an adjoining 10 county within the state of New York; provided, however that any person 11 performing such functions or holding such office in any other city shall 12 be a resident of such city 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. LBD09938-01-3