S7270 • 2025

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county

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Sponsor: Pete Harckham
Last action: 2026-06-02
Official status: In Assembly Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county.

What This Bill Does

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county.

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Bill History

2026-06-02 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-06-02 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-06-02 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2026-05-14 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-05-13 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-05-12 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.1062
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2025-04-07 Senate
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county
Waives the residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health director for Putnam county.

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S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          7270

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      April 7, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- 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  waiving  the
          residency requirement for the commissioner of health and public health
          director for Putnam county

          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 PUTNAM, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  REQUIRING
     4  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 COMMISSIONER OF
     8  HEALTH AND THE PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF PUTNAM,  PROVIDED
     9  THAT  SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN PUTNAM COUNTY OR AN ADJOINING COUNTY WITHIN
    10  THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON PERFORMING SUCH
    11  FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER  OF  HEALTH  AND  PUBLIC
    12  HEALTH  DIRECTOR  IN ANY OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY
    13  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.
                                                                   LBD11268-01-5