Provides for a waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga county, provided that such person resides in Saratoga county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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IN ASSEMBLY
April 29, 2022
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Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to providing for a
waiver of the residency requirement for the city attorney in the city
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga 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 72 to read as follows:
3 72. In the city of Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga, 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
6 such person shall be chosen or within which the person's official func-
7 tions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from
8 holding the office of city attorney of the city of Saratoga Springs,
9 provided that such person resides in Saratoga county or an adjoining
10 county within the state of New York; provided, however that any
11 person performing such functions or holding such office of the city
12 attorney in any other city shall be a resident of such city unless
13 otherwise 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.
LBD15166-01-2
