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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A5574
SPONSOR: Barclay TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
To establish the office of the coroner in Oswego county, and to remove
the duties of coroner from the district attorney
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1. Reestablishes the office of coroner within the county of
Oswego, and removes those duties from the office of the district attor-
ney
Section 2. Repeals chapter 369 of the laws of 1920, which abolished the
office of the Oswego county coroner
Section 3. Amends Section 400 of the county law by adding a new subdivi-
sion 3-c which establishes the office of coroner in the county of Oswe-
go. The coroner shall be appointed by the county legislature.
Section 4. Effective Date
JUSTIFICATION:
This legislation was introduced at the request of Oswego County.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A10050 of 2023-24-Passed Assembly; Died on Senate calendar
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None to the State
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5574
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 18, 2025
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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
