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S 4817: 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 S 4817 does, verified July 2, 2025
The bill aims to amend the Public Officers Law to remove the residency requirement for Franklin County Assistant District Attorneys. 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 bill proposes to exempt individuals holding the office of Assistant District Attorney in Franklin County, allowing them to reside in either Franklin County or an adjoining county within New York State. This change will not apply to First Assistant District Attorneys or Chief Assistant District Attorneys, who would assume the duties of the District Attorney in the event of their absence or inability to perform their duties. The bill takes effect immediately.
Bill journey
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3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A5973 (2025-06-11)Alert me
Quick answers about S 4817
- What is the current status of S 4817?
- As of July 2, 2025, S 4817 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 11, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A5973".
- Did S 4817 pass?
- Not yet. S 4817 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 4817, and where is it now?
- S 4817 was authored by Sen. Daniel Stec.
Author and sponsors
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| Jun. 11, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A5973 |
| Jun. 04, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 29, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| May. 28, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1440 |
| Feb. 13, 2025 | REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, February 13, 2025 · 325 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4817 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE February 13, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. STEC -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern- ment 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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