What's happening
This bill allows assistant district attorneys and assistant public defenders in Chenango County to reside in adjoining New York counties.
Why it matters
Expands the pool of eligible candidates. for assistant district attorney and assistant public defender positions in Chenango County, potentially helping to address recruitment challenges in a rural area with a limited local legal workforce.
Maintains local accountability for top leadership. by ensuring that first assistant district attorneys and first assistant public defenders—who could assume the main office’s duties—must still reside within Chenango County itself.
Creates parity between prosecution and defense hiring flexibility,. which may help both offices attract qualified attorneys from neighboring counties, potentially leading to better representation and legal services for county residents.
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Who cares
Chenango County district attorney’s office
The bill would allow assistant district attorneys other than the first assistant to reside in Chenango County or an adjoining New York county.
Chenango County public defender’s office
The bill would allow assistant public defenders other than the first assistant to reside in Chenango County or an adjoining New York county.
Attorneys living in adjoining New York counties
They could hold either assistant position in Chenango County without moving into the county, except for the first assistant posts.
Chenango County first assistant district attorney and first assistant public defender
Their positions would be excluded from the new residency exceptions.
Headline styles
Ease Residency for Legal Jobs
Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.
Sponsors
1 Multi-sponsor
History
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to codes
- Referred to governmental operations
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Let Adjacent Counties Serve
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor Fredrick J. Akshar II
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
9022
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2018
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the qualifications for holding the offices of assistant district attorney and assistant public defender in the county of Chenango
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding two new subdivisions 67 and 68 to read as follows:
67. In the county of Chenango, the provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant district attorney of the county of Chenango, provided that such person resides in Chenango county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; provided, however that any person performing such functions or holding the office of assistant district attorney in any other county shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the office of first assistant district attorney, the holder of which would assume the duties of the district attorney upon the district attorney's absence from the county or upon the district attorney's inability to perform his or her duties.
68. In the county of Chenango, the provisions of this section requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen or within which his or her official functions are required to be exercised, shall not prevent a person from holding the office of assistant public defender of the county of Chenango, provided that such person resides in Chenango county or an adjoining county within the state of New York; provided, however that any person performing such functions or holding the office of assistant public defender in any other county shall be a resident of such county unless otherwise provided by law. The provisions
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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of this subdivision shall not apply to any person holding the office of first assistant public defender, the holder of which would assume the duties of the public defender upon the public defender's absence from the county or upon the public defender's inability to perform his or her duties.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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