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A 5973: Removes residency requirements for persons holding the office of assistant district attorney for the county of Franklin; provides that a person holding such office may reside in Franklin county or an adjoining county within the state.
What A 5973 does, verified November 21, 2025
The bill proposes to amend the Public Officers Law to remove residency requirements for Assistant District Attorneys in Franklin County. Currently, the law requires individuals to be residents of the political subdivision or municipal corporation for which they are chosen or within which their official functions are exercised. However, the proposed change allows individuals to hold the office of Assistant District Attorney in Franklin County, even if they do not reside in the county, as long as they reside in Franklin County or an adjoining county. The provisions of the law do not apply to individuals holding the office of First Assistant District Attorney or Chief Assistant District Attorney, who would assume the duties of the District Attorney in certain circumstances. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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Last action: signed chap.517 (2025-11-21)Alert me
Quick answers about A 5973
- What is the current status of A 5973?
- As of November 21, 2025, A 5973 is recorded as "Chaptered/Signed": it has been signed by the Governor and chaptered into law. The last recorded action, on November 21, 2025, was "signed chap.517".
- Did A 5973 pass?
- Yes. A 5973 passed both houses and was signed into law (last action November 21, 2025). New York laws take effect on the date written into the bill, often immediately on signing or a set number of days afterward.
- Who wrote A 5973, and where is it now?
- A 5973 was authored by Asm. Billy Jones.
Author and sponsors
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| Nov. 21, 2025 | signed chap.517 |
| Nov. 17, 2025 | delivered to governor |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | PASSED SENATE |
| Jun. 11, 2025 | 3RD READING CAL.1440 |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 25, 2025 · 317 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5973 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 25, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to removing resi- dency requirements for Franklin county assistant district 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 76 to read as follows: 3 76. In the county of Franklin, the provisions of this section requir- 4 ing 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 for the county of Franklin, provided that such person resides 9 in Franklin county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; 10 provided, however, that any person performing such functions or holding 11 the office of assistant district attorney in any other county shall be a 12 resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions 13 of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the office of 14 first assistant district attorney or chief assistant district attorney, 15 the holder of which would assume the duties of the district attorney 16 upon the district attorney's absence from the county or upon the 17 district attorney's inability to perform such district attorney's 18 duties. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09613-01-5
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