A5574 • 2025

Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county and allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner

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Sponsor: William A. Barclay
Last action: 2026-06-05
Official status: In Senate Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county and allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner

Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county and allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.

What This Bill Does

Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county and allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.

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Bill History

2026-06-05 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2026-06-05 Assembly
REPORTED
2026-06-05 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.560
2026-06-05 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.560
2026-06-05 Assembly
HOME RULE REQUEST
2026-06-05 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-06-05 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2026-06-05 Senate
REFERRED TO RULES
2026-06-01 Assembly
REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS
2026-01-07 Senate
DIED IN SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
2025-06-17 Assembly
REPORTED
2025-06-17 Assembly
RULES REPORT CAL.895
2025-06-17 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.895
2025-06-17 Assembly
HOME RULE REQUEST
2025-06-17 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2025-06-17 Assembly
DELIVERED TO SENATE
2025-06-17 Senate
REFERRED TO RULES
2025-06-06 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES
2025-06-05 Assembly
REPORTED REFERRED TO WAYS AND MEANS
2025-02-18 Assembly
REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

Official Summary Text

Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county and allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner
Reestablishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswego; removes the powers and duties of coroners from the district attorney in such county; allows Oswego County to appoint a coroner.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          5574

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    February 18, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to reestablishing the office
          of coroner in the county of Oswego and removing the powers and  duties
          of  coroners  from  the  district attorney in such county and allowing
          Oswego county to appoint a coroner

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1.  This  act  reestablishes the office of coroner within the
     2  county of Oswego and removes such powers and duties from the  office  of
     3  the district attorney and places it with the office of the coroner with-
     4  in the county of Oswego.
     5    § 2. Section 400 of the county law is amended by adding a new subdivi-
     6  sion 3-c to read as follows:
     7    3-C.  CORONER  IN OSWEGO COUNTY. THE OFFICE OF CORONER IS HEREBY REES-
     8  TABLISHED IN THE COUNTY OF OSWEGO. THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE  CORONER
     9  PREVIOUSLY HELD BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY ARE NOW PLACED IN THE OFFICE OF
    10  THE  CORONER OF THE COUNTY OF OSWEGO. SUCH CORONER SHALL BE APPOINTED BY
    11  THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  SHALL  NOT  HAVE
    12  THE  EFFECT  UNDER  SECTION TEN OF THE MUNICIPAL HOME RULE LAW TO PERMIT
    13  ANY COUNTY, OTHER THAN OSWEGO COUNTY AS HEREIN  PRESCRIBED,  TO  CHANGE,
    14  AMEND OR SUPERSEDE, BY LOCAL LAW, ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
    15    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided however, that
    16  the district attorney in Oswego county shall continue to  serve  as  the
    17  coroner until such time as a coroner is appointed.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD05562-01-5