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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A9074A
SPONSOR: Gray TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to waiving the
residency requirement for the St. Lawrence county public health director
and community services director
PURPOSE:
To exempt the positions of public health director and community services
director in St. Lawrence County from residency requirements.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 Exempts the positions of public health director and community
services director in St. Lawrence County from residency requirements. It
also requires that whoever fills these.positions reside in a county
contiguous to St. Lawrence County.
Section 2 Provides effective date
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION:
The amended version of this bill corrects what number subdivision is
being added to Section 3 of the public officers law.
JUSTIFICATION: This legislation was introduced at the request of the
St. Lawrence County Legislature. It follows unsuccessful attempts to
fill these positions. Local officials believe that an expanded candidate
pool would be to the county's benefit.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9074--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
September 5, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. GRAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Operations -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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 77 to read as follows:
3 77. 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.
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