Exempts persons holding the offices of public health director and director of community services of St. Lawrence county from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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8454
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
July 11, 2025
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Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the
residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health direc-
tor and community services director
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 St. Lawrence, 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 their official functions are required to be exercised,
7 shall not prevent a person from holding the office of county public
8 health director or director of community services of the county of St.
9 Lawrence, provided that such person resides in a county adjoining St.
10 Lawrence county within the state of New York; provided, however that any
11 person performing such functions or holding the office of county public
12 health director or director of community services in any other county
13 shall be a resident of such county unless 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.
LBD13466-01-5
