Removes residency requirements for Washington county deputy county attorneys, provided that they live in Washington county or an adjoining county within the state of New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10162
IN SENATE
May 1, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
ment Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to removing resi-
dency requirements for Washington county deputy county attorneys
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 77 to read as follows:
3 77. In the county of Washington, the provisions of this section
4 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
5 municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen
6 or within which such person's official functions are required to be
7 exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of the
8 deputy county attorney of the county of Washington, provided that such
9 person resides in Washington county or an adjoining county within the
10 state of New York; provided, however that any person performing such
11 functions or holding the office of the deputy county attorney 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.
LBD15748-01-6
