S8276 • 2025

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland

Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor: Pete Harckham
Last action: 2026-05-11
Official status: Passed Assembly
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland Allows a non-resident to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland.

What This Bill Does

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland Allows a non-resident to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland.

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

2026-05-11 Assembly
SUBSTITUTED FOR A8344
2026-05-11 Assembly
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.464
2026-05-11 Assembly
PASSED ASSEMBLY
2026-05-11 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-03-25 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2026-03-25 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2026-03-25 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2026-02-24 Senate
ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
2026-02-11 Senate
2ND REPORT CAL.
2026-02-10 Senate
1ST REPORT CAL.348
2026-01-07 Assembly
DIED IN ASSEMBLY
2026-01-07 Assembly
RETURNED TO SENATE
2026-01-07 Senate
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
2025-06-12 Senate
COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
2025-06-12 Senate
ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1923
2025-06-12 Senate
PASSED SENATE
2025-06-12 Senate
DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
2025-06-12 Assembly
REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
2025-05-29 Senate
REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Official Summary Text

Relates to the qualifications to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland
Allows a non-resident to hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of Rockland.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

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

                                          8276

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 29, 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 qualification to
          hold the position of assistant county attorney in the county of  Rock-
          land

          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 ROCKLAND, 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 THEY SHALL BE CHOSEN OR WITHIN  WHICH
     6  THEIR OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL NOT PREVENT
     7  A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY OF THE
     8  COUNTY  OF ROCKLAND, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES IN ROCKLAND COUN-
     9  TY, ANY COUNTY OF THE NINTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT  OF  NEW  YORK,  NEW  YORK
    10  CITY,  OR  ANY OTHER ADJOINING COUNTY; PROVIDED, HOWEVER THAT ANY PERSON
    11  PERFORMING SUCH FUNCTIONS OR HOLDING THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT  COUNTY
    12  ATTORNEY  IN  ANY OTHER COUNTY SHALL BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH COUNTY UNLESS
    13  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.
                                                                   LBD11898-01-5