NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8293
SPONSOR: Slater TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the
residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the
county of Putnam
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Waives the residency requirement for the office of commissioner of
finance of the county of Putnam
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 - Waives the residency requirement for the office of Commis-
sioner of Finance for Putnam County and allows for a resident of an
adjoining county to hold such office
Section 2 - Effective Date
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2023, the previous Commissioner of Finance retired, the recruitment
process to find a qualified Putnam County resident was unsuccessful, as
such the position was filed by the Deputy Commissioner, however the
deputy is not a Putnam County resident and therefore, not eligible to
hold the position.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8293
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 12, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the
residency requirement for the office of commissioner of finance of the
county of Putnam
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 76 to read as follows:
3 76. In the county of Putnam, 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 such person shall be chosen or
6 within which their official functions are required to be exercised,
7 shall not prevent a person from holding the office of commissioner of
8 finance of the county of Putnam, provided that such person resides in
9 Putnam 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 commissioner of finance 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.
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