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A 4025: Waives the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county including assistant district attorney, assistant public defender and assistant county attorney.
What A 4025 does, verified November 22, 2025
The bill aims to waive the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren County in New York. It allows individuals to hold the office of assistant district attorney, assistant public defender, or assistant county attorney in Warren County, provided they reside in an adjoining county. The bill does not apply to the office of first assistant public defender, which assumes the duties of the public defender in case of their absence or inability to perform the office's duties. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Last action: signed chap.513 (2025-11-21)Alert me
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| Nov. 21, 2025 | signed chap.513 |
| Nov. 17, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.1430 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 30, 2025 · 315 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4025 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY January 30, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SIMPSON -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the residency requirement for certain county attorney positions within Warren county 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 Warren, the provisions of this section requiring 4 a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal 5 corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within 6 which such person's official functions are required to be exercised, 7 shall not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant district 8 attorney, assistant public defender or assistant county attorney of the 9 county of Warren, provided that such person resides in a county adjoin- 10 ing Warren county within the state of New York; provided, however that 11 any person performing such functions or holding such offices in any 12 other county shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise 13 provided by law. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to 14 any person holding the office of first assistant public defender, the 15 holder of which would assume the duties of the public defender upon the 16 public defender's absence from the county or upon the public defender's 17 inability to perform such office's duties. 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00169-01-5
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