Expands geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction officers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 10080--B
                                                         Cal. No. 326
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. WIEDER, P. CARROLL, BEEPHAN, WILLIAMS, EACHUS,
   BRABENEC, KAY -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Govern-
   mental  Operations  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended, ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to  said  committee  --  reported
   from  committee,  advanced  to  a  third  reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place on the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  expanding
   geographical boundaries for residency requirements of correction offi-
   cers employed by the counties of Rockland and Orange
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 2-e to read as follows:
   2-E. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  SECTION,  NOR  OF  ANY  GENERAL,
 SPECIAL  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  CHARTER,  CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
 REGULATION, REQUIRING A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL  SUBDI-
 VISION  OR  MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH PERSON'S
 OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE  EXERCISED,  SHALL  APPLY  TO  THE
 APPOINTMENT  OF  A  PERSON  AS A CORRECTION RECRUIT, CORRECTION OFFICER,
 CORRECTION  CORPORAL,  CORRECTION   SERGEANT,   CORRECTION   LIEUTENANT,
 CORRECTION  CAPTAIN, CORRECTION COLONEL, CHIEF OF CORRECTIONS, ASSISTANT
 WARDEN, OR WARDEN BY A SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACIL-
 ITY OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN  THE  COUN-
 TIES  OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE IF SUCH PERSON RESIDES: (A) IN THE COUNTIES
 OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE; OR (B) IN A COUNTY WITHIN THE  STATE  CONTIGUOUS
 TO THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND ORANGE.
   §  2. Section 30 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9. NEITHER THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, NOR ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR
 LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE,  RESOLUTION,  RULE  OR  REGULATION,
 CREATING  A  VACANCY  IN  A  LOCAL  OFFICE OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE IF THE INCUMBENT THEREOF CEASES TO BE
 A RESIDENT   OF THE STATE OR SUCH  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION,  SHALL  APPLY IN THE CASE OF A PERSON HOLDING THE OFFICE OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14565-18-6
 A. 10080--B                         2
 
 CORRECTION RECRUIT, CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION CORPORAL,  CORRECTION
 SERGEANT, CORRECTION LIEUTENANT, CORRECTION CAPTAIN, CORRECTION COLONEL,
 CHIEF  OF  CORRECTIONS,  ASSISTANT WARDEN, OR WARDEN EMPLOYED BY A SHER-
 IFF'S  DEPARTMENT OR LOCAL CORRECTIONAL FACILITY OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDI-
 VISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION IN THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND  AND  ORANGE
 AS  OF  APRIL  FOURTH,  TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX,  PROVIDED SUCH PERSON
 RESIDES WITHIN FORTY-FIVE MILES OF THE COUNTIES OF ROCKLAND AND  ORANGE,
 MEASURED FROM THE NEAREST BOUNDARY LINE OF SUCH COUNTIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.