Authorizes the taking and filing of oaths of office; authorizes officials who failed to take or file their required oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period to take and file such oaths within thirty days of the effective date of this act.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10598--A
IN ASSEMBLY
June 7, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Otis,
Barclay) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT authorizing the taking and filing of oaths of office
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the
2 contrary, any village, town, city or county official duly elected on
3 November 3, 2015 or March 15, 2016 who currently occupies the office to
4 which he or she was elected but who failed to take or file his or her
5 respective oath of office within the statutorily prescribed period shall
6 continue to serve in such capacity and for the full term to which he or
7 she was elected upon the taking and filing of oaths of office consistent
8 with section 402 of the county law, section 25 of the town law, or
9 section 10 of the public officers law, provided such oaths are taken and
10 filed within 30 calendar days after the effective date of this act. Such
11 officials that take and file their oaths of office under this act shall
12 be deemed to have been continuously serving in office since the begin-
13 ning of the term to which they were elected.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15778-02-6
