BILL NUMBER: S10162
SPONSOR: ASHBY
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to removing resi-
dency requirements for Washington county deputy county attorneys
 
PURPOSE:
To remove residency requirements for Washington county deputy county
attorneys
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 states that In the county of Washington, the provisions
requiring a person to 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, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of the
deputy county attorney of the county of Washington, provided that such
person resides in Washington county or an adjoining county within the
state of New York; provided, however that any person performing such
functions or holding the office of the deputy county attorney in any
other county shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise
provided by law.
Section 2 sets the effective date to immediately.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
The Washington County Board of Supervisors, on behalf of the County of
Washington, requested that the NYS Legislature enact legislation allow-
ing Washington County to hire a Deputy County Attorney who resides in a
contiguous county to Washington County.
 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

Statutes affected:
S10162: 3 public officers law