New York A 5131: Enacts the "Lydia Soto law"

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A05131 Summary:

BILL NOA05131 

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SAME ASSAME AS S04460

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SPONSORJones

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Amd §400, County L

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Abolishes the office of coroner.

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BILL NOA05131 

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02/12/2025referred to local governments

09/08/2025enacting clause stricken

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 5131

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. JONES -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Local Governments

 AN ACT to amend the county law, in relation to abolishing the office of
 coroner

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 400 of the county law, as amended
 2 by chapter 654 of the laws of 1952, is amended to read as follows:
 3 2. Coroners. (a) Each county, excluding Lewis county and Madison coun-
 4 ty, shall abolish the office of coroner.
 5 (b) At least one hundred fifty days prior to any general election and
 6 subject to a permissive referendum, the board of supervisors shall have
 7 power by local law to abolish the office of coroner and create the
 8 office of medical examiner.
 9 (c) The terms of office of all coroners elected or appointed and hold-
 10 ing office in the county at the time [such local law becomes effective]
 11 such office is abolished shall expire upon the appointment and quali-
 12 fication of the medical examiner and at the general election to be held
 13 in such year and thereafter no coroners shall be elected in the county.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
 15 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07002-01-5

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