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A9074 • 2025

Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director

Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Scott Gray
Last action
2026-06-05
Official status
Assembly Floor Calendar
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director

Relates to the residency requirement for the St.

What This Bill Does

  • Relates to the residency requirement for the St.
  • Lawrence county public health director and community services director Exempts persons holding the offices of public health director and director of community services of St.
  • Lawrence county from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    REPORTED

  2. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    RULES REPORT CAL.543

  3. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.543

  4. 2026-06-05 Assembly

    SUBSTITUTED BY S8454A

  5. 2026-06-02 Assembly

    REPORTED REFERRED TO RULES

  6. 2026-06-01 Assembly

    REFERENCE CHANGED TO WAYS AND MEANS

  7. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

  8. 2026-05-28 Assembly

    PRINT NUMBER 9074A

  9. 2026-01-07 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

  10. 2025-09-05 Assembly

    REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Relates to the residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director and community services director
Exempts persons holding the offices of public health director and director of community services of St. Lawrence county from the requirement that such person be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which such person shall be chosen or within which such person's official functions are required to be exercised.

Current Bill Text

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          9074

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                  I N  A S S E M B L Y

                                    September 5, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law,  in  relation  to  waiving  the
          residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health direc-
          tor and community services director

          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 ST. LAWRENCE,  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  SECTION
     4  REQUIRING  A  PERSON  TO  BE  A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
     5  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON SHALL BE CHOSEN
     6  OR WITHIN WHICH THEIR OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO  BE  EXERCISED,
     7  SHALL  NOT  PREVENT  A  PERSON  FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COUNTY PUBLIC
     8  HEALTH DIRECTOR OR DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE COUNTY  OF  ST.
     9  LAWRENCE,  PROVIDED  THAT  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN A COUNTY ADJOINING ST.
    10  LAWRENCE COUNTY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY
    11  PERSON PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COUNTY  PUBLIC
    12  HEALTH  DIRECTOR  OR  DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SERVICES IN ANY OTHER COUNTY
    13  SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY UNLESS OTHERWISE PROVIDED BY LAW.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13466-01-5