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A08311 Summary:

BILL NOA08311
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07801
 
SPONSORSlater
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §3, Pub Off L
 
Waives the residency requirement for the office of Putnam county attorney.
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A08311 Actions:

BILL NOA08311
 
05/13/2025referred to governmental operations
06/05/2025reported referred to rules
06/12/2025reported
06/12/2025rules report cal.679
06/12/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.679
06/13/2025substituted by s7801
 S07801 AMEND= HARCKHAM
 05/09/2025REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
 06/09/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
 06/09/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1711
 06/09/2025PASSED SENATE
 06/09/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/09/2025referred to governmental operations
 06/13/2025substituted for a8311
 06/13/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.679
 06/13/2025passed assembly
 06/13/2025returned to senate
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A08311 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8311
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 13, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. SLATER -- 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 office of Putnam county attorney
 
          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 within
     6  which  their  official functions are required to be exercised, shall not
     7  prevent a person regularly admitted to practice as an attorney or  coun-
     8  selor  in  the courts of record of this state from holding the office of
     9  Putnam county attorney, provided that such person resides  in  a  county
    10  adjoining  Putnam county within the state of New York; provided, however
    11  that any person performing such functions or holding such offices in any
    12  other county shall  be  a  resident  of  such  county  unless  otherwise
    13  provided by law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11908-01-5
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