Assembly BillIntroduced
A 2416: Relates to the full-time status of the district attorney of Hamilton county.
What A 2416 does, verified January 9, 2026
The proposed law aims to ensure that certain district attorneys in New York counties give their full time to their duties. It specifically targets the district attorneys of Hamilton and Essex counties, as well as counties with populations between 40,000 and 100,000. These district attorneys are required to devote their entire time to their office duties and refrain from engaging in other professions or businesses that may interfere with their work. This law would take effect immediately upon its passage.
Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: referred to ways and means (2026-01-07)Alert me
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to ways and means |
| May. 28, 2025 | reported referred to ways and means |
| Jan. 16, 2025 | referred to local governments |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 16, 2025 · 280 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2416 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 16, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SMULLEN -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Local Governments AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to the full-time status of the district attorney of Hamilton county The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 700 of the county law, as amended 2 by chapter 419 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: 3 8. The district attorney of a county having a population of more than 4 one hundred thousand according to the last federal census [and], the 5 district attorney of Hamilton county, the district attorney of Essex 6 county and any county having a population of more than forty thousand 7 but less than one hundred thousand according to the last federal census, 8 the board of supervisors of which has designated such office as a full- 9 time position, shall give [his] whole time attention to [his] the duties 10 of the office and shall not engage in the practice of law, act as an 11 arbitrator, referee or compensated mediator in any action or proceeding 12 or matter or engage in the conduct of any other profession or business 13 which interferes with the performance of [his] such duties as district 14 attorney. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05824-01-5
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